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Lousa

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

Lousa had 3.216 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,0% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 4 parishes and its centroid is 6,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Loures.

Population (inh.)
  • 2.639 – 3.216
  • 4.802 – 8.605
  • 20.922 – 24.672
  • 28.522 – 30.254
  • 33.505 – 44.453
Density (inh./km²)
  • 141,4 – 194,7
  • 226,9 – 302,9
  • 921,8 – 2.527,2
  • 2.895,9 – 3.100,2
  • 6.342,4 – 12.603,6
Area (km²)
  • 1,7 – 3,9
  • 9,2 – 11,6
  • 11,6 – 16,5
  • 17,6 – 28,4
  • 32,8 – 34,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 10 parishes of Loures

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Bucelas4.80233,97141,4
2Fanhões2.63911,63226,9
3Loures30.25432,82921,8
4Lousa3.21616,52194,7
5União das freguesias de Camarate, Unhos e Apelação33.50511,572.895,9
6União das freguesias de Moscavide e Portela20.9221,6612.603,6
7União das freguesias de Sacavém e Prior Velho24.6723,896.342,4
8União das freguesias de Santa Iria de Azoia, São João da Talha e Bobadela44.45317,592.527,2
9União das freguesias de Santo Antão e São Julião do Tojal8.60528,41302,9
10União das freguesias de Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas28.5229,203.100,2
Code (DTMNFR)
110708
Resident population (2021)
3.216
Area
16,52 km²
Density
194,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
1,6%
Rank in the municipality (population)
9th of 10

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
1.542 (47,9%)
Women
1.674 (52,1%)
Portuguese nationality
3.041 (94,6%)
Foreign nationality
175 (5,4%)
Ageing index
186,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.327
Average household size *
2,38 people
Dwellings
1.789
Classic family dwellings
1.781
Buildings
1.539
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,6% (379)
Unemployment rate *
5,93% (H 5,14% · M 6,80%)
Active / employed population
1.518 / 1.428

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 430 (13,4%); 15-24 years: 305 (9,5%); 25-64 years: 1.678 (52,2%); 65+ years: 803 (25,0%)0-14430 · 13,4%15-24305 · 9,5%25-641.678 · 52,2%65+803 · 25,0%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.216).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years430204226
15-24 years305171134
25-64 years1.678814864
65+ years803353450

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 Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés (Mafra) · Loures · Fanhões · Milharado (Mafra)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Loures
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
2.678
Voters
1.656
Turnout
61,84% (2021: 59,38%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		84350,91%5
PS
Partido Socialista		40524,46%2
CH
CHEGA		19711,90%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		1428,57%1
BE-L-PAN
CONSTRUIR O FUTURO		271,63%0
Blank votes221,33%
Null votes201,21%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.

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
Rua Heróis do Ultramar, 39 C
Lousa
2670-759 LOUSA LRS
Telephone
219750540
Fax
219751445
Email
geral@jf-lousa.pt
Website
www.jf-lousa.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
38,88833, -9,20583
Wikipedia
Lousa (Loures)
Wikidata
Q595642

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