Mértola.
Town-hall debt vs the legal ceiling
Within the legal limit: 0.31 times the statutory ceiling.
Position 110 of 307 municipalities (1 = most indebted vs its ceiling). National median: 0.24 times the limit.
Art. 52 of Law 73/2013 caps total debt at 1.5 times the average current revenue of the prior three years.
Air conditioning at home
34.4% of dwellings had air conditioning in 2021; the national share was 16.6%.
Higher prevalence than 89% of municipalities. A Censos 2021 snapshot (the figure will have grown since).
Follow the money
What Mértola contracted · records dated 12 Aug 2026 to 9 Sep 2026
Rule: contracts in the official IMPIC register dated 12 Aug 2026 to 9 Sep 2026 where this entity is the awarding body. A direct award above the ceiling rests on a specific legal basis the register does not publish; it is a fact to check, not a finding.
| Alfa Energia Lda | €350K | 1 contract |
| Luis Alberto Martins de Figueiredo, S.A. | €258K | 1 contract |
| Aviludo - Indústria e Comércio de Produtos Alimentares, SA | €79K | 2 contracts |
| AsfaltoTriunfo, calçadas unipessoal, Lda | €75K | 1 contract |
| Interguadiana | €50K | 1 contract |
Source: IMPIC public-contracts register (dados.gov.pt); each object links to the record on BASE.
Services and people
Benchmarks computed over the full DGAL table (307 municipalities) and INE's Censos 2021 table; sources and dates stated on every block.