[3] The first historical references originated in the Middle Age, one attesting to the existence of locality of Trajouce and the other that mentioned (in 1385) the casal in Freira.

[3] For four decades the territory was exclusively agricultural, cultivating wheat, corn and vegetables, in addition to vineyards.

[3] In 1983, professor José d’Encarnação described São Domingos de Rana as an area known of cereal harvests, but was slowly threatened by the growth of the city, and the industrial production of Abóboda.

[3] On 3 March 1976, the Ministérios da Habitação, Urbanismo e Construção and Ministério dos Assuntos Sociais created an interministerial group (the Comissão para o Alojamento de Refugiados - CAR) in order to coordinate and develop solutions for the housing ex-colonial Africans and refugees, then living in emergency housing in Lisbon or along the Algarve.

[4][5] With 20 square kilometres (7.7 sq mi), São Domingos de Rana is one of the four parishes in the municipality of Cascais.