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Falagueira-Venda Nova

Parish of the municipality of Amadora (Amadora), district of Lisboa.

Falagueira-Venda Nova had 20.788 residents in the 2021 Census, 26,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 19,5% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 0,9 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Amadora.

Population (inh.)
  • 16.837 – 20.788
  • 26.168
  • 27.093
  • 37.607
  • 42.961
Density (inh./km²)
  • 4.928,1 – 5.310,4
  • 6.708,0
  • 7.268,5
  • 9.676,1
  • 17.016,7
Area (km²)
  • 2,2 – 2,5
  • 2,8
  • 2,9
  • 5,3
  • 8,1
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 Amadora

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Alfragide16.8372,516.708,0
2Encosta do Sol27.0932,809.676,1
3Falagueira-Venda Nova20.7882,867.268,5
4Mina de Água42.9618,095.310,4
5Venteira26.1685,314.928,1
6Águas Livres37.6072,2117.016,7
Code (DTMNFR)
111515
Resident population (2021)
20.788
Area
2,86 km²
Density
7.268,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
12,1%
Rank in the municipality (population)
5th of 6

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
9.404 (45,2%)
Women
11.384 (54,8%)
Portuguese nationality
18.415 (88,6%)
Foreign nationality
2.373 (11,4%)
Ageing index
217,0 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
9.377
Average household size *
2,21 people
Dwellings
11.100
Classic family dwellings
11.094
Buildings
1.715
Buildings with 7 or more floors
130
With higher education (15+)
19,5% (3.554)
Unemployment rate *
10,90% (H 10,57% · M 11,20%)
Active / employed population
9.488 / 8.454

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 2.545 (12,2%); 15-24 years: 2.125 (10,2%); 25-64 years: 10.596 (51,0%); 65+ years: 5.522 (26,6%)0-142.545 · 12,2%15-242.125 · 10,2%25-6410.596 · 51,0%65+5.522 · 26,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (20.788).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years2.5451.2881.257
15-24 years2.1251.0501.075
25-64 years10.5964.8965.700
65+ years5.5222.1703.352

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

Encosta do Sol · Mina de Água · Águas Livres · Benfica (Lisboa) · Venteira

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Amadora
0,9 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
17.266
Voters
8.363
Turnout
48,44% (2021: 41,40%)
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		3.36240,20%6
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR
AMADORA RESOLVE		1.91722,92%3
CH
CHEGA		1.44217,24%3
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		8009,57%1
IL
Iniciativa Liberal		2583,09%0
B.E.
Bloco de Esquerda		2462,94%0
ADN
ALTERNATIVA DEMOCRÁTICA NACIONAL		991,18%0
Blank votes1211,45%
Null votes1181,41%

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo verde, com duas torres de prata, lavradas de negro e abertas de vermelho, alinhadas em faixa, cada uma delas encimada por romã de prata rachada de vermelho. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel de prata ondulado com a legenda em letras negras maiúsculas FALAGUEIRA-VENDA NOVA.

Flag: de branco. Cordões e borlas de prata e verde. Haste e lança douradas.

Seal: nos termos do artigo 18.º da Lei n.º 53/91, com a legenda Freguesia de Falagueira-Venda Nova.

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 65/2015, Diário da República n.º 14/2015, Série II de 2015-01-21 (issuer: Freguesia de Falagueira-Venda Nova). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Estrada da Falagueira, N,º 10-C
Falagueira-Venda Nova (AMADORA)
2700-362 AMADORA
Telephone
214985390
Email
geral@jf-falagueiravendanova.pt
Website
www.jf-falagueiravendanova.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,75889, -9,22611
Wikipedia
Falagueira-Venda Nova
Wikidata
Q3998168

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