Type: | parish |
Official Name: | Tourém |
Image Location: | TouremMap3.11.png |
Region: | Norte |
Municipality: | Montalegre |
Cim: | Alto Tâmega |
District: | Vila Real |
Coordinates: | 41.8929°N -7.9539°W |
Area Total: | 16.61 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 112 |
Patron: | Sao Pedro |
Postal Code: | 5470 |
Tourém is a village and parish (freguesia) in the municipality of Montalegre in the far north of Portugal. The main part of the territory of the parish stretches as a small peninsula of Portuguese land within Spanish territory. The northern extremity of the parish is, in formal terms, a Portuguese exclave within Spain, being separated from the rest of the Parish, and the rest of Portugal, by a lake in Spanish territory. This is one of only two exclaves of Portugal. The parish has an area of 16,61 km² and 112 inhabitants (2021).[1]