Ourém

Ourém, locally; formerly known as Vila Nova de Ourém, is a municipality in the district of Santarém in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 45,932, in an area of 416.68 km2.

The municipality of Ourém contains two cities: Ourém and Fátima.

The municipality is bordered by the municipalities of Pombal, Alvaiázere, Ferreira do Zêzere and Tomar, Torres Novas, Alcanena, and Batalha and Leiria. 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 Cova da Iria, the site where three child shepherds are said to have had visions of Our Lady of Fátima in 1917. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima has become one of the largest religious tourism sites in the world.