Friday, 27 November 2020

CORUCHE (PORTUGAL)

 
CORUCHE

GPS: N 38.95755; W 8.52538

Coruche is a Portuguese village belonging to the district of Santarém, in Ribatejo, with about 9 000 inhabitants.
It is home to one of the largest municipalities in Portugal, with 1,115.72 km² in area but only 19,944 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 6 parishes. The municipality is limited to the north by the municipalities of Almeirim and Chamusca, to the northeast by Ponte de Sor, to the east by Mora, to the southeast by Arraiolos, to the south by Montemor-o-Novo and by the secondary fraction of Montijo, to the west by Benavente and to the northwest by Salvaterra de Magos.