Mouriscas is a
Portuguese ''
freguesia
(), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese over ...
'' ("civil parish"), located in
Abrantes Municipality
Abrantes () is a municipality in the central Médio Tejo subregion of Portugal. The population was 39,325, in an area of . The municipality includes several parishes divided by the Tagus River, which runs through the middle of the municipality ...
, in
Santarém District
The District of Santarém ( ) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's West and Tagus Valley region. The district capital is the city of Santarém.
The district is the 3rd largest in Portugal, with an area of , and a population of 475 ...
. The population in 2011 was 1,832,
[Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE)]
Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal in an area of 35.02 km
2.
The parish stands in the north bank of the
Tagus River and borders the parishes of
Concavada,
Pego and
Alferrarede. It also borders the
Mação Municipality and
Sardoal Municipality.
References
Freguesias of Abrantes
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