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Machico

Madeira
24 credits-7.7%
Foral Index: 37.6

City Statistics

Population

21 828

Area

68.33 km²

District

Madeira

NUTS II

Região Autónoma da Madeira

Category Breakdown

Performance across 6 scoring categories

People & Families

6.6 / 20

Economy & Jobs

9.5 / 20

Housing & Cost

4.1 / 20

Governance

8.4 / 20

Environment

6.8 / 20

News Radar

2.2 / 20

Top Scoring Drivers

Key indicators affecting this city's score

Budget Discussion Transparency Rate

Foral Intelligence
Governance

100.0%

Data from 2026

P100

Climate Comfort Days

Open-Meteo Historical Climate
Environment

47.1%

Data from 2025

P98

PM2.5 Annual Average

Open-Meteo Air Quality History
Environment

4 µg/m³

Data from 2025

P98

Upper Secondary Establishments

PORDATA
People & Families

1

Data from 2025

P0

Family Liveability Index

Foral Intelligence
People & Families

20.48

Data from 2026

P0

News Volume per 10K Residents

Foral Intelligence
News Radar

0.96

Data from 2026

P2

Recent News

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Governance Digest

PDM — map and rules

Land classes, constraints and building rules for the concelho.

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City Strategy

Knowledge-base coverage

What a Foral Terra report for this municipality can decide today, and what it withholds.

Review mode: Automatic (no operator review)Release: r18

Coverage of this analysis: between 7% and 14%

Still to confirm:
  • · Land applicability to be confirmed
  • · Document available — needs validation
  • · Document available — needs validation — Agricultural support

These open questions could change the conclusion.

See all (13)
  • · Document available — needs validation — Agriculture
  • · Document available — needs validation — Commerce
  • · Document available — needs validation — Equipment
  • · Document available — needs validation — Housing extension
  • · Document available — needs validation — New housing
  • · Document available — needs validation — Housing reconstruction
  • · Document available — needs validation — Industry
  • · Document available — needs validation — Rural tourism in an existing building
  • · Document available — needs validation — Tourist housing in an existing building
  • · Document available — needs validation — New hotel
See sources and details

No published framework has been confirmed for any of the 11 menu operations.

Next scheduled review: 2027-01-16. This is an internal review date, not a legal validity date: the law can change before it.

Per operation

  • Agricultural support — Needs confirmation
  • Agriculture — Needs confirmation
  • Commerce — Needs confirmation
  • Equipment — Needs confirmation
  • Housing extension — Needs confirmation
  • New housing — Needs confirmation
  • Housing reconstruction — Needs confirmation
  • Industry — Needs confirmation
  • Rural tourism in an existing building — Needs confirmation
  • Tourist housing in an existing building — Needs confirmation
  • New hotel — Needs confirmation

This municipality's own plan text

1 document version(s) with 49 citable provisions.

  • · This release was assembled automatically and has not been reviewed by an operator.