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União das freguesias de Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz

Parish of the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira (Vila Franca de Xira), district of Lisboa.

União das freguesias de Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz had 12.645 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,2% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 17,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 6,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira.

Population (inh.)
  • 7.954 – 12.645
  • 18.336
  • 21.258
  • 36.465
  • 40.871
Density (inh./km²)
  • 86,1 – 297,0
  • 459,2
  • 1.185,6
  • 1.524,5
  • 4.461,9
Area (km²)
  • 9,2 – 17,9
  • 23,9
  • 26,8
  • 27,5
  • 212,9
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 6 parishes of Vila Franca de Xira

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1União das freguesias de Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz12.64527,54459,2
2União das freguesias de Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho36.46523,921.524,5
3União das freguesias de Castanheira do Ribatejo e Cachoeiras7.95426,78297,0
4União das freguesias de Póvoa de Santa Iria e Forte da Casa40.8719,164.461,9
5Vialonga21.25817,931.185,6
6Vila Franca de Xira18.336212,8786,1
Code (DTMNFR)
111412
Resident population (2021)
12.645
Area
27,54 km²
Density
459,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
9,2%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 6

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz”.

INE, Censos 2021 (população residente por freguesia, geografia 2025, ind. 0014584); DGT, CAOP2025 (área). Population refers to the 2021 census moment, compiled by INE for the parish boundaries in force in 2025.

2021 Census in detail

Men
6.041 (47,8%)
Women
6.604 (52,2%)
Portuguese nationality
11.944 (94,5%)
Foreign nationality
700 (5,5%)
Stateless
1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index
167,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
5.139
Average household size *
2,43 people
Dwellings
6.529
Classic family dwellings
6.524
Buildings
3.470
Buildings with 7 or more floors
11
With higher education (15+)
17,5% (1.911)
Unemployment rate *
8,03% (H 7,62% · M 8,44%)
Active / employed population
5.941 / 5.464

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.756 (13,9%); 15-24 years: 1.370 (10,8%); 25-64 years: 6.586 (52,1%); 65+ years: 2.933 (23,2%)0-141.756 · 13,9%15-241.370 · 10,8%25-646.586 · 52,1%65+2.933 · 23,2%
Residents by age group and share of the total (12.645).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.756944812
15-24 years1.370652718
25-64 years6.5863.1953.391
65+ years2.9331.2501.683

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 0012481, 0012328, 0014632, obtained from the INE indicators API on 24/09/2026 (licence CC BY 4.0). Parish geography of 2025 (CAOP2025). Nationality (Portuguese, foreign, stateless) is INE indicator 0014632. * Indicator published by INE only for 2013 parish geography (NUTS 2024); used because the parish has the same territory in both geographies (identical population by sex and age group). Ageing index = population aged 65+ ÷ population aged 0–14 × 100; share with higher education = residents with completed higher education ÷ residents aged 15 or over (our calculations from INE figures).

Neighbouring parishes

União das freguesias de Alverca do Ribatejo e Sobralinho · Vila Franca de Xira · S. Tiago dos Velhos (Arruda dos Vinhos) · Arruda dos Vinhos (Arruda dos Vinhos) · Cardosas (Arruda dos Vinhos) · Bucelas (Loures) · União das freguesias de Castanheira do Ribatejo e Cachoeiras

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira
6,1 km

Neighbourhood calculated from official boundaries: DGT, Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal (CAOP) 2025 (licence CC BY 4.0); two parishes are neighbours when they share a boundary segment. The distance is the straight-line (great-circle) distance between the geometric centroid of the parish and that of the municipality (in territories with islets, of the main part), not a road distance.

2025 local elections — Parish assembly

Registered voters
10.843
Voters
6.144
Turnout
56,66% (2021: 50,39%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		1.92831,38%4
PPD/PSD.IL
Nova Geração - Coligação PSD/IL		1.32421,55%3
CH
CHEGA		1.22619,95%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1.21019,69%3
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		1592,59%0
CDS-PP
CDS - Partido Popular		691,12%0
Blank votes1442,34%
Null votes841,37%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PS.

Source: SGMAI — official results of the local elections of 12 October 2025 (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Administration), consulted on 25/09/2026. Percentages calculated by SGMAI over total voters.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Praça 7 de Março, N.º 20
Alhandra (VILA FRANCA DE XIRA)
2600-513 ALHANDRA
Telephone
219519050
Email
geral@alhandra.pt
Website
www.alhandra.pt

Source: DGAL - Portal Autárquico (Direção-Geral das Autarquias Locais), consulted on 25/09/2026.

More information

Coordinates
38,92700, -9,00900
Wikipedia
Alhandra, São João dos Montes e Calhandriz
Wikidata
Q16488527

Source: Wikidata (data under CC0 1.0), consulted on 24/09/2026. The patron saint and coordinates are those recorded on Wikidata.

Sources: INE, 2021 Census (resident population) · DGT, CAOP2025 (area and parishes) · more details · Data updated on 24/09/2026