history
Arrentela is a settlement and civil parish in the municipality of Seixal, covering 9.58 km² and home to 28,886 inhabitants (2011 census). The locality is mentioned in 1384 by Fernão Lopes in the chronicle of D. João I, and parish records date back to 1581. In 1993, some of its settlements were transferred to the newly created parish of Fernão Ferro. It was merged into the União das Freguesias do Seixal, Arrentela e Aldeia de Paio Pires and was restored as an independent parish on 14 March 2025, under Law no. 25-A/2025. Among its settlements are Torre da Marinha, Casal do Marco, Pinhal de Frades and Boa Hora. The patron saint is Nossa Senhora da Consolação, and its heritage includes the Igreja Paroquial de Arrentela (Parish Church) and the Moinho do Breyner (mill).
