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Revision as of 12:48, 23 February 2023

This is a list of cities in Portugal. In Portugal, a city (Template:Lang-pt) is an honorific term given to locations that meet several criteria, such as having a minimum number of inhabitants, good infrastructure (schools, medical care, cultural and sports facilities), or have a major historical importance. The country's demographic expansion of the 1980s prompted the elevation of several towns to city status and, as of 2018, 159 locations in Portugal are considered a city.

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Overview

In Portugal, the city is not an administrative division, therefore a city generally does not necessarily correspond to a municipality, with the exception of the entirely urban municipalities, such as Lisbon, Porto, Funchal, Amadora, Entroncamento, and São João da Madeira.

The municipality with the most cities is Paredes Municipality, which contains four cities.

Until 1910, a location was proclaimed city by royal charter (carta régia), which happened 25 times to current Portuguese cities (royal charters were also granted to cities of the Portuguese Empire; for example, São Paulo in 1711). During the Portuguese First Republic, the process was transferred to the parliament, which elevated three towns to the category of city. The dictatorial Estado Novo regime proclaimed seven cities on the Portuguese mainland (as well as some more in the colonies), this time by government decree. After the 1974 Carnation Revolution, proclamation of cities returned to parliament and now, Portugal has 156 cities, one of the consequences being that the title no longer holds the prestige it once had.

Eight locations have been always considered cities since Portugal became an independent kingdom (de facto 1128): Braga, Coimbra, Lamego, Porto and Viseu, as well as Évora, Lisbon and Silves, which were annexed at a later date. Guarda was the first city proclaimed as part of the independent kingdom, in 1199.

City designation

In Portugal, a locality can only be called a city if more than 8,000 inhabitants live in the city's urban area. In addition, at least half of the following infrastructure must be present:[2]

  • Hospital
  • Pharmacy
  • Fire department
  • Event center and cultural center
  • Museum and library
  • Hotel
  • Primary and secondary school
  • Pre-school and kindergarten
  • Public transportation
  • Garden or public park

Cities being towns

In Portugal there are localities with more than 8,000 inhabitants and with the required infrastructure installed, but not having the designation of "city", but rather as "town", for example:

Towns being cities

Just as there are "cities" being "towns", there are also "towns" being "cities", because they have the required infrastructure in place, but have no more than 8,000 inhabitants or because since the locality received the designation "city" it has lost over the years the 8,000 inhabitants, for example:

Metropolitan Areas

Portugal's two metropolitan areas, Lisbon with over 2.8 million inhabitants and Porto with over 1.7 million inhabitants, are the largest agglomerations in the country. In the two metropolitan areas, in addition to the large cities of Lisbon and Porto, there are other cities that together form the metropolitan area.

The Lisbon Metropolitan Area consists of the large city of Lisbon, but also the cities of Amadora, Queluz, Setúbal, Almada, Agualva-Cacém, etc.

The Porto Metropolitan Area is made up of the large city of Porto, but also the cities of Vila Nova de Gaia, Gondomar, Rio Tinto, Póvoa de Varzim, Matosinhos, etc.

Large cities outside metropolitan areas

There are also large cities in Portugal that do not belong to any metropolitan area. These cities are mostly capitals of sub-regions that are not considered metropolitan areas because the population is mainly located in the capital of the sub-region.

The city of Braga is the capital of the sub-region of Cávado.

The city of Funchal is the capital of the autonomous region of Madeira.

The city of Coimbra is the capital of the sub-region Região de Coimbra.

Urban Areas

The following list shows the number of inhabitants and the population density of each respective city. Only the inhabitants living in the urban area are counted, not the inhabitants living in the entire municipality.

In the case of large cities like Vila Nova de Gaia, Braga, Coimbra and Setubal, the inhabitants of the entire municipality are not listed, because the municipality does not only include the city, but also other towns and villages around the city, which nevertheless belong to the municipality, but form a separate parish and therefore do not belong to the respective city.

In the case of large cities like Lisbon, Porto, Amadora and Funchal, the inhabitants of the entire municipality are listed because the city spreads over the entire municipality and the respective parishes within the municipality are seen as "neighborhoods".

Cities with an italic font are capitals of subregions, cities with a bold font are capitals of regions.

Position City Municipality Population Area Density

per km2

Sub-region Region
2011 2021
1. Lisbon 552.700 545.923 100,05 km2 5456,5 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
2. Porto 237.591 231.962 41,42 km2 5165,6 Porto Metropolitan Area North
3. Vila Nova de Gaia 186.502 188.443 56,22 km2 3351,8 Porto Metropolitan Area North
4. Amadora 175.136 171.179 23,79 km2 7195,4 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
5. Braga 131.637 144.362 61,38 km2 2351,9 Cávado North
6. Funchal 111.892 105.795 76,15 km2 1389,2 Madeira
7. Queluz Sintra 101.256 100.228 29,49 km2 3398,7 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
8. Coimbra 98.501 99.792 94,65 km2 1054,3 Region of Coimbra Center
9. Setúbal 90.640 90.396 51,49 km2 1755,6 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
10. Almada 89.533 88.202 13,98 km2 6309,1 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
11. Agualva-Cacém Sintra 79.805 81.020 10,42 km2 7775,4 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
12. Gondomar 71.729 69.172 47,40 km2 1797,1 Porto Metropolitan Area North
13. Leiria 63.399 68.410 108,05 km2 633,1 Region of Leiria Center
14. Rio Tinto Gondomar 64.815 65.473 15,04 km2 4353,2 Porto Metropolitan Area North
15. Barreiro 63.637 63.119 14,92 km2 4230,5 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
16. Viseu 56.071 59.469 64,85 km2 917 Viseu Dão-Lafões Center
17. Odivelas 59.546 59.604 5,02 km2 11873,3 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
18. Aveiro 54.398 58.142 81,19 km2 716,1 Region of Aveiro Center
19. Póvoa de Varzim 48.253 49.690 29,24 km2 1699,3 Porto Metropolitan Area North
20. Amora Seixal 48.629 49.352 27,31 km2 1807,1 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
21. Portimão 45.431 49.263 75,69 km2 650,8 Algarve
22. Matosinhos 49.486 49.046 11,28 km2 4348,3 Porto Metropolitan Area North
23. Faro 44.578 46.310 74,75 km2 619,5 Algarve
24. Seixal 44.920 45.607 24,09 km2 1893,1 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
25. Évora 45.350 43.652 112,06 km2 183,5 Central Alentejo Alentejo
26. Montijo 37.111 41.411 31,46 km2 1316,3 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
27. Póvoa de Santa Iria Vila Franca de Xira 40.404 40.872 9,16 km2 4462 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
28. Maia 40.134 40.535 10,80 km2 3753,2 Porto Metropolitan Area North
29. Ermesinde Valongo 38.798 39.095 7,65 km2 5110,4 Porto Metropolitan Area North
30. Alverca do Ribatejo Vila Franca de Xira 36.120 36.470 23,92 km2 1524,6 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
31. Castelo Branco 35.242 34.471 170,26 km2 202,4 Low Beira Center
32. Marinha Grande 31.434 32.330 138,87 km2 232,8 Region of Leiria Center
33. Guimarães 31.932 31.950 48,19 km2 663 Ave North
34. Vila do Conde 30.941 31.699 8,94 km2 3545,7 Porto Metropolitan Area North
35. Figueira da Foz 30.805 31.032 33,26 km2 933 Region of Coimbra Center
36. Caldas da Rainha 30.343 30.443 59,20 km2 514,2 West Center
37. Santarém 29.929 30.021 55,46 km2 541,3 Lezíria do Tejo Alentejo
38. Ponta Delgada 29.088 29.622 23,41 km2 1265,3 Azores Azores
39. Ovar 29.765 29.436 86,40 km2 340,6 Region Aveiro Center
40. São Mamede de Infesta Matosinhos 23.122 28.819 5,21 km2 5531,4 Porto Metropolitan Area North
41. Torres Vedras 27.717 27.781 62,44 km2 444,9 West Center
42. Guarda 26.565 26.446 37,66 km2 702,2 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
43. Valongo 23.935 25.883 24,10 km2 1073,9 Porto Metropolitan Area North
44. Viana do Castelo 25.375 25.158 11,86 km2 2121,2 High Minho North
45. Loulé 24.791 24.739 108,90 km2 227,1 Algarve
46. Sacavém Loures 24.882 24.681 3,89 km2 6344,7 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
47. Quarteira Loulé 21.798 24.421 38,16 km2 639,9 Algarve
48. Vila Real 24.157 24.112 16,39 km2 1471,1 Douro North
49. Beja 25.148 24.079 73,77 km2 325,9 Low Alentejo Alentejo
50. Caniço Santa Cruz 23.368 24.049 12 km2 2004 Madeira
51. Lagos 22.095 23.653 29,15 km2 811,4 Algarve
52. Vila Nova de Famalicão 22.376 23.230 11,45 km2 2028,8 Ave North
53. Bragança 22.016 22.693 35,69 km2 635,8 Lands of Trás-os-Montes North
54. São João da Madeira 21.713 22.144 7,94 km2 2788,9 Porto Metropolitan Area North
55. Trofa 21.585 21.375 27,48 km2 777,8 Porto Metropolitan Area North
56. Senhora da Hora Matosinhos 27.747 21.019 3,80 km2 5531,3 Porto Metropolitan Area North
57. Oliveira de Azeméis 20.760 20.672 25,95 km2 796,6 Porto Metropolitan Area North
58. Santo Tirso 21.538 20.595 23,24 km2 886,1 Porto Metropolitan Area North
59. Paredes 19.834 20.591 21,51 km2 957,2 Porto Metropolitan Area North
60. Entroncamento 20.206 20.141 13,73 km2 1466,9 Medium Tejo Center
61. Santa Maria da Feira 18.194 19.792 23,52 km2 841,4 Porto Metropolitan Area North
62. Vila Franca de Xira 18.197 18.336 212,86 km2 86,1 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
63. Covilhã 19.022 18.220 25,95 km2 702,1 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
64. Samora Correia Benavente 17.123 17.704 321,29 km2 55,1 Lezíria do Tejo Alentejo
65. Felgueiras 17.990 17.695 17,44 km2 1014,6 Tâmega and Sousa North
66. Chaves 18.118 17.207 33 km2 521,4 High Tâmega North
67. Tomar 18.209 16.932 30,38 km2 557,3 Medium Tejo Center
68. Pombal 17.225 16.884 97,61 km2 172,9 Region of Leiria Center
69. Ílhavo 16.470 16.677 39 km2 427,6 Region of Aveiro Center
70. Câmara de Lobos 17.986 16.556 7,62 km2 2172,7 Madeira
71. Abrantes 17.205 16.138 64,47 km2 250,3 Medium Tejo Center
72. Torres Novas 16.902 16.109 61,64 km2 261,3 Medium Tejo Center
73. Valbom Gondomar 16.407 16.011 4,39 km2 3647,1 Porto Metropolitan Area North
74. Penafiel 15.552 15.677 22,52 km2 696,1 Tâmega and Sousa North
75. Gafanha da Nazaré Ílhavo 15.240 15.553 16,44 km2 946 Region of Aveiro Center
76. Fafe 15.703 15.456 7,97 km2 1939,2 Ave North
77. Tavira 15.133 15.434 147,99 km2 104,2 Algarve
78. Barcelos 14.372 14.774 15,19 km2 972,6 Cávado North
79. Alfena Valongo 15.211 14.439 15,70 km2 919,6 Porto Metropolitan Area North
80. Elvas 15.941 14.438 202,70 km2 71,2 High Alentejo Alentejo
81. Portalegre 15.642 14.318 23,51 km2 609 High Alentejo Alentejo
82. Loures 12.787 14.260 32,82 km2 434,4 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
83. Olhão 14.914 14.207 9,43 km2 1506,5 Algarve
84. Costa da Caparica Almada 13.418 13.972 10,18 km2 1372,4 Lisbon Metropolitan Area
85. Águeda 13.576 13.710 36,03 km2 380,5 Region of Aveiro Center
86. Paços de Ferreira 12.761 13.418 8,31 km2 1614,6 Tâmega and Sousa North
87. Fátima Ourém 11.596 13.212 84,97 km2 155,4 Medium Tejo Center
88. Peniche 14.749 13.212 8,34 km2 1584,1 West Center
89. Sines 13.200 13.109 132,42 km2 98,9 Alentejo Coast Alentejo
90. Lousã 13.056 12.922 72,40 km2 178,4 Region of Coimbra Center
91. Ribeira Grande 12.967 12.870 66,55 km2 193,3 Azores
92. Fundão 13.434 12.641 57,83 km2 221,5 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
93. Rio Maior 12.005 12.517 82,94 km2 150,9 Lezíria do Tejo Alentejo
94. Almeirim 12.812 12.370 69,13 km2 178,9 Lezíria do Tejo Alentejo
95. Cartaxo 12.665 12.302 28,23 km2 435,7 Lezíria do Tejo Alentejo
96. Esposende 11.111 12.267 17,31 km2 708,6 Cávado North
97. Lamego 12.214 12.073 20,20 km2 597,6 Douro North
98. Angra do Heroísmo 12.887 11.958 18,02 km2 663,5 Azores
99. Esmoriz Ovar 11.448 11.924 9,05 km2 1317,5 Region of Aveiro Center
100. Vila Real de Santo António 11.946 11.754 61,25 km2 191,9 Algarve
101. Amarante 11.840 11.565 15,21 km2 760,3 Tâmega and Sousa North
102. Mirandela 11.852 11.404 29,78 km2 382,9 Lands of Trás-os-Montes North
103. Almancil 10.677 11.293 62,30 km2 181,2 Algarve
104. Marco de Canaveses 11.014 11.069 17,49 km2 632,8 Tâmega and Sousa North
105. Vizela 10.633 11.073 7,68 km2 1441,7 Ave North
106. Albergaria-a-Velha 10.568 11.060 47 km2 235,3 Region of Aveiro Center
107. São João de Ver Santa Maria da Feira 10.579 11.029 16,31 km2 676,2 Porto Metropolitan Area North
108. Montemor-o-Novo 11.568 10.842 419,49 km2 25,8 Central Alentejo Alentejo
109. Silves 11.014 10.663 177,45 km2 60 Algarve
110. Vendas Novas 11.123 10.640 222,39 km2 47,8 Central Alentejo Alentejo
111. Ponte de Sor 11.198 10.507 332,82 km2 31,5 High Alentejo Alentejo
112. Espinho 9.832 10.434 1,77 km2 554,8 Porto Metropolitan Area North
113. Vila Nova de Santo André Santiago do Cacém 10.647 10.310 74,32 km2 138,7 Alentejo Coast Alentejo
114. Lagoa 9.987 10.145 39,13 km2 259,2 Algarve
115. Mangualde 10.407 9.858 46,25 km2 213,1 Viseu Dão-Lafões Center
116. Machico 11.256 9.828 17,41 km2 564,5 Madeira
117. Lordelo Paredes 10.025 9.107 9,25 km2 984,5 Porto Metropolitan Area North
118. Lagoa 9.067 8.936 20,47 km2 436,5 Azores
119. Peso da Régua 9.959 8.906 9,94 km2 895,9 Douro North
120. Cantanhede 8.839 8.832 54,09 km2 163,2 Region of Coimbra Center
121. Seia 9.379 8.707 45,53 km2 191,2 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
122. Rebordosa Paredes 9.106 8.496 11,17 km2 760,6 Porto Metropolitan Area North
123. Moura 8.831 8.039 287,42 km2 27,9 Low Alentejo Alentejo
124. Lourosa Santa Maria da Feira 8.636 8.005 5,77 km2 1387,3 Porto Metropolitan Area North
125. Santiago do Cacém 8.454 7.892 204,74 km2 38,5 Alentejo Coast Alentejo
126. Estremoz 8.662 7.890 63,9 km2 123,4 Central Alentejo Alentejo
127. Alcácer do Sal 9.033 7.733 888,35 km2 8,7 Alentejo Coast Alentejo
128. Freamunde Paços de Ferreira 7.789 7.557 4,68 km2 1614,7 Tâmega and Sousa North
129. Ourém 7.217 7.250 20,52 km2 353,3 Medium Tejo Center
130. Alcobaça 7.009 7.243 9,81 km2 738,3 West Center
131. Santa Cruz 7.224 7.136 28,10 km2 253,9 Madeira
132. Gandra Paredes 6.974 6.967 12,06 km2 577,6 Porto Metropolitan Area North
133. Reguengos de Monsaraz 7.261 6.773 101,68 km2 66,6 Central Alentejo Alentejo
134. Oliveira do Bairro 6.250 6.391 23,28 km2 273,3 Region Aveiro Center
135. Mealhada 6.457 6.376 21,40 km2 297,4 Region of Coimbra Center
136. Anadia 6.331 6.240 14,40 km2 433,3 Region of Aveiro Center
137. Macedo de Cavaleiros 6.257 6.138 15,34 km2 400,1 Lands of Trâs-os-Montes North
138. Lixa Felgueiras 6.191 6.082 13,47 km2 451,5 Tâmega and Sousa North
139. Praia da Vitória 6.690 5.957 30,15 km2 197,5 Azores
140. Oliveira do Hospital 5.708 5.835 13,67 km2 426,8 Region of Coimbra Center
141. Horta 6.118 5.615 8,48 km2 662,1 Azores
142. Serpa 6.233 5.601 443,15 km2 12,6 Low Alentejo Alentejo
143. São Pedro do Sul 5.728 5.497 21,13 km2 260,1 Viseu Dão-Lafões Center
144. Vale de Cambra 5.345 5.350 13,29 km2 402,5 Porto Metropolitan Area North
145. Valença 5.153 5.259 9,49 km2 554,1 High Minho North
146. Tondela 5.130 5.215 15,75 km2 331,1 Viseu Dão-Lafões Center
147. Vila Baleira 5.483 5.151 42,48 km2 121,2 Madeira
148. Valpaços 4.752 4.661 39,15 km2 119 High Tâmega North
149. Santa Comba Dão 4.572 4.407 27,11 km2 162,5 Viseu Dão-Lafões Center
150. Tarouca 4.245 4.334 21,95 km2 197,4 Douro North
151. Borba 4.537 3.391 41,52 km2 81,6 Central Alentejo Alentejo
152. Pinhel 3.518 3.293 44,65 km2 73,5 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
153. Trancoso 3.420 3.192 58,04 km2 54,9 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
154. Gouveia 3.472 3.151 35,46 km2 88,8 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
155. Vila Nova de Foz Côa 3.437 3.101 90,17 km2 34,9 Douro North
156. Santana 3.275 2.838 17,80 km2 159,4 Madeira
157. Sabugal 2.741 2.604 56,34 km2 46,2 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
158. Mêda 2.464 2.399 50,95 km2 47 Beiras and Serra da Estrela Center
159. Miranda do Douro 2.254 2.064 37,48 km2 55 Lands of Trâs-os-Montes North

See also

References

  1. ^ "PORDATA - Cidades". Pordata.pt. 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  2. ^ Assembleia Da República (1982-06-02). "Lei 11/82, de 2 de Junho" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  1. "Cidades Portuguesas". Instituto Nacional de Estatística. Archived from the original on 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2006-07-08.
  2. "Municípios Portugueses". Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses. Retrieved 2006-03-27.
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