This is a list of cities in Portugal. In Portugal, a city (Portuguese: cidade) 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. ^[1]

Overview

In Portugal, the city is not an administrative division, therefore a city generally does not necessarily correspond to a municipality, which is the second-level local government in the country. Some entirely urban municipalities do coincide with cities, 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:

• Algueirão-Mem Martins
• Corroios
• Rio de Mouro
• Cascais
• Sintra

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:

• Miranda do Douro
• Santana
• Sabugal
• Peso da Régua
• Reguengos de Monsaraz

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.^[3]

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Position	City	Municipality	Population		Area	Density per km2	Sub-region	Region
			2011	2021
1.	Lisbon		552,700	545,796	100.05 km2	5456.5	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
2.	Porto		237,591	231,800	41.42 km2	5165.6	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
3.	Vila Nova de Gaia		186,502	188,421	56.22 km2	3351.8	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
4.	Amadora		175,136	171,454	23.79 km2	7195.4	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
5.	Braga		136,885	146,543	61.38 km2	2351.9	Cávado	North
6.	Coimbra		105,842	106,655	94.65 km2	1054.3	Region of Coimbra	Center
7.	Funchal		111,541	105,590	76.15 km2	1389.2	Madeira
8.	Setúbal		98,131	98,470	51.49 km2	1755.6	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
9.	Almada		96,404	85,851	13.98 km2	6309.1	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
10.	Agualva-Cacém	Sintra	79,805	81,006	10.42 km2	7775.4	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
11.	Queluz	Sintra	75,169	73,047	29.49 km2	3398.7	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
12.	Rio Tinto	Gondomar	64,815	65,469	15.04 km2	4353.2	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
13.	Barreiro		63,353	62,860	14.92 km2	4230.5	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
14.	Aveiro		60,058	62,130	81.19 km2	716.1	Region of Aveiro	Center
15.	Viseu		57,975	60,570	64.85 km2	917	Viseu Dão-Lafões	Center
16.	Odivelas		56,847	58,170	5.02 km2	11873.3	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
17.	Guimarães		54,094	54,750	48.19 km2	663	Ave	North
18.	Leiria		50,533	54,540	108.05 km2	633.1	Region of Leiria	Center
19.	Faro		47,575	49,360	74.75 km2	619.5	Algarve
20.	Matosinhos		49,486	49,034	11.28 km2	4348.3	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
21.	Loures		43,127	46,246	32.82 km2	434.4	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
22.	Portimão		40,658	43,810	75.69 km2	650.8	Algarve
23.	Póvoa de Varzim		40,053	41,206	29.24 km2	1699.3	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
24.	Amora	Seixal	40,513	41,140	27.31 km2	1807.1	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
25.	Maia		40,134	40,534	10.80 km2	3753.2	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
26.	Évora		41,898	40,373	112.06 km2	183.5	Central Alentejo	Alentejo
27.	Montijo		36,159	40,130	31.46 km2	1316.3	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
28.	Ponta Delgada		40,661	40,050	23.41 km2	1265.3	Azores	Azores
29.	Santa Maria da Feira		18,194	39,576	23.52 km2	841.4	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
30.	Ermesinde	Valongo	38,869	38,570	7.65 km2	5110.4	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
31.	Viana do Castelo		37,972	37,860	11.86 km2	2121.2	High Minho	North
32.	Vila Nova de Famalicão		34,843	35,770	11.45 km2	2028.8	Ave	North
33.	Castelo Branco		34,278	33,450	170.26 km2	202.4	Low Beira	Center
34.	Covilhã		34,481	31,950	25.95 km2	702.1	Beiras and Serra da Estrela	Center
35.	Alverca do Ribatejo	Vila Franca de Xira	30,586	30,930	23.92 km2	1524.6	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
36.	Seixal		29,373	29,850	24.09 km2	1893.1	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
37.	Santarém		29,777	29,790	55.46 km2	541.3	Lezíria do Tejo	Alentejo
38.	Figueira da Foz		30,012	29,690	33.26 km2	933	Region of Coimbra	Center
39.	Vila do Conde		28,636	29,328	8.94 km2	3545.7	Porto Metropolitan Area	North
40.	Póvoa de Santa Iria	Vila Franca de Xira	29,348	29,170	9.16 km2	4462	Lisbon Metropolitan Area
41.	Olhão		28,630	28,310	9.43 km2	1506.5	Algarve
42.	Caldas da Rainha		27,652	27,790	59.20 km2	514.2	West	Center
43.	Vila Real		27,735	27,370	16.39 km2	1471.1