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

Encarnação had 4.918 residents in the 2021 Census, 21,8% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 13,6% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 5 parishes and its centroid is 10,5 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Mafra.

Population (inh.)
  • 2.848 – 4.396
  • 4.434 – 4.693
  • 4.918 – 7.645
  • 9.647 – 10.815
  • 12.359 – 20.781
Density (inh./km²)
  • 125,7 – 144,8
  • 172,5 – 177,0
  • 312,9 – 346,9
  • 366,9 – 433,4
  • 572,5 – 1.025,6
Area (km²)
  • 8,2 – 16,9
  • 24,4 – 24,8
  • 28,5 – 29,5
  • 30,6 – 31,7
  • 37,1 – 48,0
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 11 parishes of Mafra

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#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Carvoeira2.8488,21346,9
2Encarnação4.91828,51172,5
3Ericeira12.35912,051.025,6
4Mafra20.78147,95433,4
5Milharado7.64524,43312,9
6Santo Isidoro4.39624,83177,0
7União das freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira4.43430,63144,8
8União das freguesias de Enxara do Bispo, Gradil e Vila Franca do Rosário3.97931,65125,7
9União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros4.69337,07126,6
10União das freguesias de Malveira e São Miguel de Alcainça9.64716,85572,5
11União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés10.81529,48366,9
Code (DTMNFR)
110904
Resident population (2021)
4.918
Area
28,51 km²
Density
172,5 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
5,7%
Rank in the municipality (population)
6th of 11

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
2.407 (48,9%)
Women
2.511 (51,1%)
Portuguese nationality
4.506 (91,6%)
Foreign nationality
412 (8,4%)
Ageing index
151,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
1.816
Average household size *
2,61 people
Dwellings
2.569
Classic family dwellings
2.565
Buildings
2.171
Buildings with 7 or more floors
0
With higher education (15+)
13,6% (571)
Unemployment rate *
4,69% (H 4,27% · M 5,14%)
Active / employed population
2.368 / 2.257

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 710 (14,4%); 15-24 years: 578 (11,8%); 25-64 years: 2.556 (52,0%); 65+ years: 1.074 (21,8%)0-14710 · 14,4%15-24578 · 11,8%25-642.556 · 52,0%65+1.074 · 21,8%
Residents by age group and share of the total (4.918).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years710365345
15-24 years578304274
25-64 years2.5561.2551.301
65+ years1.074483591

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

Santo Isidoro · São Pedro da Cadeira (Torres Vedras) · Freiria (Torres Vedras) · Ventosa (Torres Vedras) · União das freguesias de Azueira e Sobral da Abelheira

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Mafra
10,5 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
4.017
Voters
2.578
Turnout
64,18% (2021: 54,27%)
Seats
9
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD
Partido Social Democrata		1.47857,33%6
PS
Partido Socialista		50619,63%2
CH
CHEGA		33713,07%1
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		742,87%0
Blank votes1244,81%
Null votes592,29%

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

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
Largo Francisco P. Galantinho, N.º 2
Encarnação (MAFRA)
2640-232 ENCARNAÇÃO
Telephone
261850020
Email
executivo@jfencarnacao.pt
Website
www.jfencarnacao.pt

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

More information

Coordinates
39,03333, -9,36806
Wikipedia
Encarnação (Mafra)
Wikidata
Q1024864

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