Santa Cruz.
Town-hall debt vs the legal ceiling
Within the legal limit: 0.49 times the statutory ceiling.
Position 53 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
1.9% of dwellings had air conditioning in 2021; the national share was 16.6%.
Higher prevalence than 3% of municipalities. A Censos 2021 snapshot (the figure will have grown since).
Follow the money
What Santa Cruz contracted · records dated 20 Aug 2026 to 21 Aug 2026
Rule: contracts in the official IMPIC register dated 20 Aug 2026 to 21 Aug 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.
| LUSITANIA-COMPANHIA DE SEGUROS, S.A. | €66K | 1 contract |
| ANTERO REGO - AUTO ILHA VERDE,LDA. | €38K | 1 contract |
| Date | Supplier | Object | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026 | ANTERO REGO - AUTO ILHA VERDE,LDA. | Aquisição de Veículo com Chassis Tracção Traseira e Cabine Dupla Ajuste Direto Regime Geral · above the ceiling | €38K |
| 20 Aug 2026 | LUSITANIA-COMPANHIA DE SEGUROS, S.A. | Prestação de Serviços de Seguros Ajuste Direto Regime Geral · above the ceiling | €66K |
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.