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União das freguesias de Miragaia e Marteleira

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

União das freguesias de Miragaia e Marteleira had 3.479 residents in the 2021 Census, 27,6% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 9,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 3,1 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Lourinhã.

Population (inh.)
  • 1.486 – 1.506
  • 1.565 – 1.671
  • 1.820 – 2.031
  • 2.160 – 3.479
  • 10.522
Density (inh./km²)
  • 67,3 – 74,9
  • 95,3 – 178,7
  • 221,1 – 244,3
  • 269,6 – 270,1
  • 353,5
Area (km²)
  • 6,1 – 7,1
  • 7,5 – 7,5
  • 15,6 – 19,5
  • 20,1 – 24,8
  • 39,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 9 parishes of Lourinhã

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Atalaia1.8207,45244,3
2Lourinhã10.52239,03269,6
3Moita dos Ferreiros1.67124,8367,3
4Reguengo Grande1.48615,5995,3
5Ribamar2.1606,11353,5
6Santa Bárbara2.0317,52270,1
7União das freguesias de Miragaia e Marteleira3.47919,47178,7
8União das freguesias de São Bartolomeu dos Galegos e Moledo1.50620,1074,9
9Vimeiro1.5657,08221,1
Code (DTMNFR)
110813
Resident population (2021)
3.479
Area
19,47 km²
Density
178,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
13,3%
Rank in the municipality (population)
2nd of 9

Simplified designation (CAOP2025): “Miragaia e Marteleira”.

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
1.732 (49,8%)
Women
1.747 (50,2%)
Portuguese nationality
3.307 (95,1%)
Foreign nationality
172 (4,9%)
Ageing index
235,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.389
Average household size *
2,48 people
Dwellings
2.180
Classic family dwellings
2.179
Buildings
2.038
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
9,9% (304)
Unemployment rate *
6,01% (H 5,32% · M 6,85%)
Active / employed population
1.547 / 1.454

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 408 (11,7%); 15-24 years: 360 (10,3%); 25-64 years: 1.751 (50,3%); 65+ years: 960 (27,6%)0-14408 · 11,7%15-24360 · 10,3%25-641.751 · 50,3%65+960 · 27,6%
Residents by age group and share of the total (3.479).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years408218190
15-24 years360195165
25-64 years1.751863888
65+ years960456504

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

Lourinhã · União das freguesias de Campelos e Outeiro da Cabeça (Torres Vedras) · Moita dos Ferreiros · Vimeiro · Santa Bárbara

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Lourinhã
3,1 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
3.269
Voters
1.975
Turnout
60,42% (2021: 55,25%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PS
Partido Socialista		79540,25%4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP
AD LOURINHÃ - COLIGAÇÃO PSD/CDS		77639,29%4
CH
CHEGA		32116,25%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		231,16%0
Blank votes281,42%
Null votes321,62%

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
Rua do Clube, N.º 2
Miragaia (LOURINHÃ)
2530-419 MIRAGAIA
Telephone
261423158
Email
geral@miragaiamarteleira.pt
Website
www.miragaiamarteleira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,22180, -9,26310
Wikipedia
Miragaia e Marteleira
Wikidata
Q18468627

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