It is the seat of a town council with about 200 square miles and 6585 inhabitants (2001), subdivided into 6 parishes ((Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Santo António de Capelins, Nossa Senhora do Loreto, São Brás dos Matos, Santiago Maior e São Pedro).
The northern limit of this town council is the town council of Vila Viçosa, the east limit is Spain, the southern limit Mourão and Reguengos de Monsaraz and the west limit Redondo. In the 19th century the territories of the old town councils of Juromenha and Terene were annexed to the municipality of Alandroal.
Alandroal is one of the three towns in the municipality being the others Juromenha and Terena.