Amora

Parish of the municipality of Seixal (Seixal), district of Setúbal.

Amora had 49.345 residents in the 2021 Census, 23,3% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 16,9% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 6 parishes and its centroid is 2,0 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Seixal.

Population (inh.)

3.154 – 13.623
20.754
28.825
49.345
50.806

Density (inh./km²)

845,6 – 850,9
868,0
2.028,2
2.834,3
2.935,1

Area (km²)

3,7 – 10,2
16,0
17,3
23,9
24,3

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The 6 parishes of Seixal

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#	Parish	Population	Area (km²)	Inhab./km²
1	Amora	49.345	24,33	2.028,2
2	Arrentela	28.825	10,17	2.834,3
3	Corroios	50.806	17,31	2.935,1
4	Fernão Ferro	20.754	23,91	868,0
5	Paio Pires	13.623	16,01	850,9
6	Seixal	3.154	3,73	845,6

Code (DTMNFR): 151002
Resident population (2021): 49.345
Area: 24,33 km²
Density: 2.028,2 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population): 29,6%
Rank in the municipality (population): 2nd 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: 23.162 (46,9%)
Women: 26.183 (53,1%)
Portuguese nationality: 44.176 (89,5%)
Foreign nationality: 5.168 (10,5%)
Stateless: 1 (less than 0.1%)
Ageing index: 166,3 elderly per 100 young people
Private households: 20.206
Average household size *: 2,42 people
Dwellings: 24.224
Classic family dwellings: 24.198
Buildings: 6.762
Buildings with 7 or more floors: 270
With higher education (15+): 16,9% (7.151)
Unemployment rate *: 10,53% (H 9,71% · M 11,30%)
Active / employed population: 22.587 / 20.208

Population by age group

Residents by age group and share of the total (49.345).

Age group	Total	Men	Women
0-14 years	6.919	3.580	3.339
15-24 years	5.539	2.888	2.651
25-64 years	25.381	11.710	13.671
65+ years	11.506	4.984	6.522

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

Corroios · Arrentela · Fernão Ferro · Seixal · Sesimbra (Castelo) (Sesimbra) · União das freguesias de Laranjeiro e Feijó (Almada)

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Seixal: 2,0 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: 43.015
Voters: 20.719
Turnout: 48,17% (2021: 40,49%)
Seats: 21

List	Votes	%	Seats
PCP-PEV CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária	8.151	39,34%	10
CH CHEGA	4.559	22,00%	5
PS-PAN Partido Socialista/PESSOAS-ANIMAIS-NATUREZA	4.008	19,34%	4
PPD/PSD.CDS-PP AD SEIXAL - Coligação PSD/CDS	2.443	11,79%	2
IL Iniciativa Liberal	576	2,78%	0
L.BE LIBERDADE	519	2,50%	0
Blank votes	286	1,38%
Null votes	177	0,85%

Most-voted list, which elects the parish-council president: PCP-PEV.

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 1º de Maio
Amora (SEIXAL)
2845-125 AMORA
Telephone: 212268730
Fax: 212240488
Email: jfamora@jf-amora.pt
Website: www.jf-amora.pt

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

More information

Patron saint (Wikidata): Virgem Maria
Coordinates: 38,62650, -9,11889
Official website: www.jf-amora.pt
Wikipedia: Amora (Seixal)
Wikidata: Q474039

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 57 schools in the municipality of Seixal. The source names the municipality, not the parish.

Showing 15 of 57.

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There are no higher-education units (DGEEC) with an address in this municipality.

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 Almada / Seixal, 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 Loja de Cidadão do Seixal — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 09:00 às 19:30 - Sábado das 09:00 às 15:00 · Edifício Alentejo, Rua Francisco Zambujal, Nº 1, piso 1, Paivas 2845 - 111 Seixal 2845 - 111
Loja de Cidadão do Seixal — Horário: 2ª a 6ª das 08:30 às 19:30 Sábado: 08:30 às 14:00 · R. Francisco Zambujal, nº 1 2845-111 Amora 2845-111

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

Climate

1991–2020 climate normals for the station Lisboa / Tapada (IPMA no. 762), 11,6 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 Amora, 2025: 10,37 €/m².

In the municipality of Seixal the median value in 2025 is 11,00 €/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: 2845-125 (Rua 1º de Maio, Amora (SEIXAL), 2845-125 AMORA).

Geographic telephone code of the district/region seat (Setúbal): 265. It is not exclusive to this parish.

We do not republish the full CTT postcode database. The parish council telephone is 212268730.

Public bodies

Junta de Amora — Rua 1º de Maio, Amora (SEIXAL), 2845-125 AMORA · 2845-125 · 212268730 · [email protected] · http://www.jf-amora.pt

Câmara Municipal de Seixal — Presidente: Paulo Silva · Alameda dos Bombeiros Voluntários, n.º 45, 2844-001 Seixal · 2844-001 · 212276700 · [email protected] · https://www.cm-seixal.pt

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

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