Venteira

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

Venteira had 26.168 residents in the 2021 Census, 25,5% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 23,8% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 7 parishes and its centroid is 1,8 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

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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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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Alfragide	16.837	2,51	6.708,0
2	Encosta do Sol	27.093	2,80	9.676,1
3	Falagueira-Venda Nova	20.788	2,86	7.268,5
4	Mina de Água	42.961	8,09	5.310,4
5	Venteira	26.168	5,31	4.928,1
6	Águas Livres	37.607	2,21	17.016,7

Code (DTMNFR): 111517
Resident population (2021): 26.168
Area: 5,31 km²
Density: 4.928,1 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 15,3%
Rank in the municipality (population): 4th 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: 11.917 (45,5%)
Women: 14.251 (54,5%)
Portuguese nationality: 22.707 (86,8%)
Foreign nationality: 3.460 (13,2%)
Stateless: 1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index: 200,7 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 12.158
Average household size *: 2,15 people
Dwellings: 14.895
Classic family dwellings: 14.891
Buildings: 1.683
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 163
With higher education (15+): 23,8% (5.440)
Unemployment rate *: 10,06% (H 9,32% · M 10,73%)
Active / employed population: 12.597 / 11.330

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (26.168).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	3.327	1.685	1.642
15-24 years	2.392	1.209	1.183
25-64 years	13.773	6.406	7.367
65+ years	6.676	2.617	4.059

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 Carnaxide e Queijas (Oeiras) · Queluz (Sintra) · Mina de Água · Águas Livres · Alfragide · Falagueira-Venda Nova · Barcarena (Oeiras)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Amadora: 1,8 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: 22.391
Voters: 10.844
Turnout: 48,43% (2021: 42,30%)
Seats: 19

List	Votes	%	Seats
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP.PPM.MPT.RIR AMADORA RESOLVE	3.260	30,06%	7
PS Partido Socialista	3.226	29,75%	6
CH CHEGA	1.827	16,85%	3
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	964	8,89%	2
L LIVRE	590	5,44%	1
IL Iniciativa Liberal	417	3,85%	0
B.E. Bloco de Esquerda	240	2,21%	0
Blank votes	196	1,81%
Null votes	124	1,14%

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

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 1º DE MAIO, 39-A
Venteira (AMADORA)
2700-677 AMADORA
Telephone: 214985580
Fax: 214985589
Email: geral@jfventeira.pt
Website: www.jfventeira.pt

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

More information

Coordinates: 38,75944, -9,24111
Wikipedia: Venteira
Wikidata: Q1024994

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

Services and territory

Education · Emergencies · Health · Fire services · Citizen desks · Climate · Rents · Codes · Bodies

Education

Infoescolas 2020 (DGEEC) lists 63 schools in the municipality of Amadora. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 63.

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1 higher-education units (universities and polytechnics, DGEEC) with an address in this municipality:

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema — Ensino Superior Público - Politécnico · Av. Marquês de Pombal, 22 B 2700-571

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Bank branches are left out: there is no republishable national open list. NHS hospitals appear below when the official name includes the municipality. Fire services exist only for Lisbon (CML POI).

Emergency contacts

Linha SNS 24: 808 24 24 24
Número europeu de emergência: 112

National numbers, the same in every parish. Confirmado na página oficial de SNS 24. Source: SNS 24; INEM.

NHS hospitals

Unidade Local de Saúde de Amadora / Sintra, E.P.E. — Região de Saúde LVT

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NHS institutions that report inpatient stays (ACSS). The source has no address or telephone; the link to the municipality is by official name.

Fire services

No fire stations in this municipality in the open list we republish. Only Lisbon publishes a usable POI (CC0); INE series are counts, not directories. See what exists in the catalogue.

Citizen shops and desks

AMA service points in the municipality (rows linked to this parish first when the locality matches):

Espaço Cidadão da Amadora — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:30; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Av, Movimento das Forças Armadas n,º 1 2700-595 Amadora 2700-595
Espaço Cidadão da Encosta do Sol - Posto 1 — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Rua Luís Vaz Camões 2650-197 Amadora 2650-197
Espaço Cidadão da Encosta do Sol - Posto 2 — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 13:00 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Rua Capitães de Abril, 23A 2650-352 Amadora 2650-352
Espaço Cidadão da Falagueira - Venda Nova — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 13:00 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Praceta Avelar Brotero, nº 3 - A 2700-993 Amadora 2700-993
Espaço Cidadão da Venteira — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 13:00; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Av, Pangim,11 / C 2720-444 Amadora 2720-444
Espaço Cidadão de Mina de Água — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 12:30 e das 14:00 às 17:00; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Praceta Moinho da Boba, 10/C 2700-590 Amadora 2700-590
Espaço Cidadão de Águas Livres — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:30 às 16:45; Localidade na fonte: Amadora · Largo Borges Carneiro, n,º 3 G (Buraca) 2610-028 Amadora 2610-028

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Source: AMA / dados.gov.pt (CC BY).

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Lisboa / Tapada (IPMA no. 762), 6,6 km in a straight line from the geometric centre of the parish. Temperature and precipitation are those of the station.

Bars: precipitation (mm, left scale). Line: mean daily temperature (°C, right scale).

Month	Mean temp. (°C)	Maximum (°C)	Minimum (°C)	Precipitation (mm)
Jan	11,6	15,3	7,9	89,7
Feb	12,3	16,4	8,1	69,9
Mar	14,3	18,8	9,7	60,5
Apr	15,4	20,2	10,7	56,1
May	17,9	22,9	12,9	46,1
Jun	20,7	26,2	15,2	12,4
Jul	22,6	28,4	16,8	2,4
Aug	23,2	29,0	17,5	4,0
Sep	21,4	26,7	16,2	32,4
Oct	18,6	23,0	14,3	93,5
Nov	14,8	18,4	11,2	107,3
Dec	12,4	15,9	8,9	93,4
Year	17,1	—	—	667,8

Source: IPMA, ficha da normal climatológica, período 1991-2020. Climate region: Lisboa e Vale do Tejo. Station altitude: 70,0 m. Distance calculated between the CAOP2025 centroid and the coordinates published by IPMA.

Rent and cost of living

Median rent of new contracts in Venteira, 2025: 13,99 €/m².

In the municipality of Amadora the median value in 2025 is 12,76 €/m². This figure is for the municipality.

The consumer price index is national, not by parish. Year-on-year change in Agosto de 2026: 3,3% (INE 0014648).

Source: INE, indicador 0014773 (CC BY 4.0), Local housing rent statistics, 2026 methodology. Reference year 2025. IPC: indicator 0014648.

Postcodes and telephone

Postcode of the parish-council address: 2700-677 (RUA DO 1º DE MAIO, 39-A, Venteira (AMADORA), 2700-677 AMADORA).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Lisboa): 21. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 214985580.

Public bodies

Junta de Venteira — RUA DO 1º DE MAIO, 39-A, Venteira (AMADORA), 2700-677 AMADORA · 2700-677 · 214985580 · [email protected] · http://www.jfventeira.pt

Câmara Municipal de Amadora — Presidente: Vítor Manuel Torres Ferreira · Av. Movimento das Forças Armadas nº 1, 2700-595 Amadora · 2700-595 · 214369000 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-amadora.pt

Other parish councils of the municipality in the catalogue · Catalogue filtered by Amadora

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