Alverca do Ribatejo (Portuguese pronunciation: [alˈvɛɾkɐ ðu ʁiβɐˈtɛʒu]) is a city (cidade) and a former civil parish in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal.

[1] It covers an area of 17.89 square kilometres (6.91 sq mi) and as of 2011[update] had a population of 31,070, making it the largest city in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira.

It is a city and a suburb near the Tagus River (rio Tejo), in the Lisbon metropolitan area.

Alverca has been deeply connected with aviation since the early 20th century.

Philippe Cousteau died in 1979 after his flying boat crashed into the Tagus in the vicinity of Alverca.