Ourém is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 416.6 km² and a total population of 44,186 inhabitants. The city itself has a population of about 12,000. The municipality is composed of 18 parishes, and is located in the district of Santarém. The municipality is bordered by the municipalities of Pombal (to the north), Alvaiázere (to the northeast), Ferreira do Zêzere and Tomar (to the east), Torres Novas (to the southeast), Alcanena (to the southwest), and Batalha and Leiria (to the west). The municipality of Ourém has two cities : Ourém (about 12,000 residents) and Fátima (about 11,000 inhabitants). The main historical attraction of the municipality is the mighty Castle of Ourém. Nevertheless, millions of faithful Catholics come to the parish of Fátima every year to visit the site where three child shepherds had visions of Our Lady of Fátima in 1917.
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