Coruche () is a municipality in

Santarém District The District of Santarém ( pt, Distrito de Santarém ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's ''Centro Region''. The district capital is the city of Santarém. The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a pop ...

in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,944, in an area of 1115.72 km². The present Mayor is Francisco Silvestre de Oliveira, elected by the

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. The Coruche City Council has also six City Councillors: Joaquim Filipe Coelho Serrão, Francisco Silvestre de Oliveira and Nelson Fernando Nunes Galvão elected by the Socialist Party, and Ricardo Jorge Rato Ferreira Raposo, Isidro Rodrigo Silva Catarino and António Joaquim Soares elected by Coligação Democrática Unitária. The municipal holiday is August 17.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (''

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''): * Biscainho - which includes the settlement of Courelas * Branca - which includes Arriça, Figueiras * Coruche, Fajarda e Erra - which includes Azervadinha, Erra, Fajarda, Foros do Paul, Frazão, Vale Mansos, Santo Antonino *

Couço Couço is a civil parish in the municipality of Coruche Coruche () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 19,944, in an area of 1115.72 km². The present Mayor is Francisco Silvestre de Oliveira, el ...

- which includes Couço, Santa Justa, Foros de Lagoiços, Volta do Vale, Courelinhas, Varejola * Santana do Mato - which includes Carapuções * São José da Lamarosa - which includes Azerveira, Zebrinho, Feixe

Climate

Municipal holiday

The festival happens from August 14 to the 18 except a few years (including 2005) when it ended 19. This party is in honor of ''Nossa Senhora do Castelo'' (lit. Our Lady of the Castle). On August 14 at midnight a fireworks show starts the festival. On 17 August, the holiday, a

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is made in honor of Our Lady. Many runnings of bulls (a minor version of

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) happen during the festivity. During all days late night parties happen in traditional local pubs.

Notable people

Maria Rosa Viseu Maria Rosa Viseu (19352014) was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) who opposed the authoritarian '' Estado Novo'' regime in the 1960s and was a political prisoner. Early life Maria Rosa Viseu was born in Couço in the agricultural m ...

(1935 in Couço – 2014) political activist and political prisoner; opposed the Estado Novo regime *

José Peseiro José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro (born 4 April 1960) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of the Nigeria national team. After an unassuming career as a player, he went on to coach sever ...

(born 1960 in Coruche) a Portuguese football manager and former player

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