TodoPortugal.pt

and if more World there had been, there would they have gone

Almargem do Bispo

★ Save to favourites (account required)

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

Almargem do Bispo had 9.261 residents in the 2021 Census, 22,9% of whom were aged 65 or over, and 15,0% of the population aged 15 or over had completed higher education. It borders 9 parishes and its centroid is 8,2 km in a straight line from the centroid of the municipality of Sintra.

Population (inh.)
  • 3.676 – 5.205
  • 7.746 – 12.788
  • 13.347 – 26.310
  • 29.896 – 41.323
  • 47.804 – 68.649
Density (inh./km²)
  • 199,4 – 232,1
  • 232,7 – 426,5
  • 470,4 – 3.001,2
  • 4.290,6 – 6.910,2
  • 7.191,2 – 15.470,6
Area (km²)
  • 2,2 – 3,6
  • 4,4 – 8,6
  • 15,7 – 16,5
  • 22,8 – 33,4
  • 39,8 – 63,6
Quantile classes · current parish
Parish highlighted. Click a neighbouring parish to open its page. Geometry: CAOP2025, Direção-Geral do Território (simplified).

The 15 parishes of Sintra

Hover a row to highlight it on the map. Click a header to sort.

#ParishPopulationArea (km²)Inhab./km²
1Algueirão-Mem Martins68.64916,004.290,6
2Almargem do Bispo9.26139,80232,7
3Belas26.31022,841.151,9
4Casal de Cambra13.3472,176.150,7
5Colares7.74633,37232,1
6Montelavar3.6768,62426,5
7Pêro Pinheiro4.32515,65276,4
8Queluz26.1043,637.191,2
9Rio de Mouro49.48916,493.001,2
10São João das Lampas12.78857,50222,4
11Terrugem5.20526,10199,4
12União das freguesias de Agualva e Mira-Sintra41.3235,986.910,2
13União das freguesias de Massamá e Monte Abraão47.8043,0915.470,6
14União das freguesias de Sintra (Santa Maria e São Miguel, São Martinho e São Pedro de Penaferrim)29.89663,55470,4
15União das freguesias do Cacém e São Marcos39.6834,448.937,6
Code (DTMNFR)
111129
Resident population (2021)
9.261
Area
39,80 km²
Density
232,7 inh./km²
Share of the municipality (population)
2,4%
Rank in the municipality (population)
11th of 15

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
4.588 (49,5%)
Women
4.673 (50,5%)
Portuguese nationality
8.715 (94,1%)
Foreign nationality
546 (5,9%)
Ageing index
161,1 elderly per 100 young people
Private households
3.588
Dwellings
4.745
Classic family dwellings
4.733
Buildings
4.052
Buildings with 7 or more floors
1
With higher education (15+)
15,0% (1.190)
Unemployment rate †
6,18%
Active / employed population
4.420 / 4.147

Population by age group

Population by age group0-14 years: 1.319 (14,2%); 15-24 years: 980 (10,6%); 25-64 years: 4.837 (52,2%); 65+ years: 2.125 (22,9%)0-141.319 · 14,2%15-24980 · 10,6%25-644.837 · 52,2%65+2.125 · 22,9%
Residents by age group and share of the total (9.261).
Age groupTotalMenWomen
0-14 years1.319694625
15-24 years980520460
25-64 years4.8372.4032.434
65+ years2.1259711.154

Source: INE, Censos 2021 — indicators 0014630, 0014631, 0014627, 0014623, 0014621, 0014635, 0014636, 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. † Unemployment rate calculated by us: (active population − employed population) ÷ active population × 100 (indicators 0014635 and 0014636, 2025 geography). 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

Loures (Loures) · Belas · União das freguesias de Venda do Pinheiro e Santo Estêvão das Galés (Mafra) · Pêro Pinheiro · Montelavar · União das freguesias de Ramada e Caneças (Odivelas) · União das freguesias de Igreja Nova e Cheleiros (Mafra) · Algueirão-Mem Martins · Casal de Cambra

Straight-line distance to the centroid of the municipality of Sintra
8,2 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
8.022
Voters
5.036
Turnout
62,78%
Seats
13
ListVotes%Seats
PPD/PSD.IL.PAN
SEMPRE COM OS SINTRENSES		1.78735,48%5
PS.L
AS PESSOAS, SEMPRE - COLIGAÇÃO PS/L		1.43028,40%4
CH
CHEGA		1.33926,59%4
PCP-PEV
CDU - Coligação Democrática Unitária		2184,33%0
CDS-PP/PPM/ADN
Por Sintra, a Nossa Casa		1162,30%0
Blank votes901,79%
Null votes561,11%

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

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.

Heraldry

Coat of arms: escudo de ouro, com uma faixa de vermelho, acompanhada em chefe de uma mitra episcopal assente sob uma cruz processional e um báculo, passados em aspa, tudo de púrpura e, em ponta de uma batateira, folhada de verde e arrancada de vermelho. Coroa mural de três torres de prata. Listel branco, com a legenda a negro, em maiúsculas: "ALMARGEM do BISPO".

Flag: verde. Cordão e borlas de ouro e verde. Haste e lança de ouro.

Seal: nos termos da lei, com a legenda "Junta de Freguesia de Almargem do Bispo - Sintra".

Heraldic ordinance published by Edital n.º 1143/2010, Diário da República n.º 219/2010, Série II de 2010-11-11 (issuer: Freguesia de Almargem do Bispo). Excerpt of the official text (coat of arms, flag and seal), reproduced unchanged.

Parish-council contacts

Address
Av. D. Afonso Henriques, nº 2
Almargem do Bispo
2715-214 Almargem do Bispo
Email
geral@jfalmargemdobispo.pt

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

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