Aceiro

Mafra is a municipality in the district of Lisboa (sub-region: Grande Lisboa), covering 292 km² in 11 parishes. 48 % of it is forest land (woodland, scrub or natural pasture, according to the COS 2025 land-cover map): there, the strip around each house is 50 m wide.

The map finds 376 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Ericeira, Venda do Pinheiro and Sobreiro. 100 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them, among them Venda do Pinheiro, Lagoa and Barril de Cima.

Parcels with a clearing duty
16,561 of 31,623 parcels
Share of the municipality with mapped parcels
Area to clear (mapped parcels)
3,691 ha
Villages
376