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District: Setúbal · Península de Setúbal

Palmela

Legal regime in 2026: DL 124/2006 (municipal forest fire plan still in force)

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Palmela is a municipality in the district of Setúbal (sub-region: Península de Setúbal), covering 465 km² in 4 parishes. 40 % 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 719 villages (groups of at least 10 buildings); the largest are Pinhal Novo, Cabanas and Palmela. 64 of them have forest land on more than half of the 100 m strip around them — among them Aires, Marquesa III and Marquesa I.

Parcels with a clearing duty
9,355 of 12,047 parcels
Share of the municipality with mapped parcels
Area to clear (mapped parcels)
2,854 ha
Villages
719