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BUILDING: &nbsp; Permanent construction, endowed with independent access, covered and limited by exterior walls or dividing walls which extend from the foundations to the roof, whether designed for human use or other purposes.
REFERENCE PERIOD: &nbsp; Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).

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Buildings (No.)

Characteristic	Description
Name	Buildings (No.) by Geographic location at the Census moment (Series 1940 - 2021); Decennial
Regularity	Decennial
Source	Statistics Portugal, Population and housing census - historical series
First available period	1940
Last available period	2021
Dimensions	Data reference period Geographic location at the Census moment (Series 1940 - 2021)
Concepts	BUILDING: Permanent construction, endowed with independent access, covered and limited by exterior walls or dividing walls which extend from the foundations to the roof, whether designed for human use or other purposes. REFERENCE PERIOD: Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol)	Number (No.)
Power of 10	0
Observations	Population and housing censuses, 2021 Census
Last update date	12/04/2025