Tourém Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Censos 2021 - resultados preliminares. INE.