Surrounding Social and Economical Context

The municipality of Ourém is located in the centre of Portugal, in the Lisbon and Tejo Valley Region (NUTII). It is situated around 40 km from the Atlantic Coast, mainly surrounded by the municipalities of Pombal, Tomar, Torres Novas and Leiria.

Moreover, it is 420 km2 long and populated by 45.885 inhabitants.

Ourém has several touristic places worth visiting, such as The Natural Monument of the Dinosaur Footprints, the Natural Park of Aire and Candeeiros Mountains, the Castle and the Medieval Town of Ourém and the Marian Shrine of Fátima, which accommodates about 5 millions of pilgrims and tourists from all over the world, every year.

To an economical extent, Ourém has working areas mainly in trade, civil construction, hotel and restaurant services, and manufacturing industries manufacturing industries particularly in furniture area.

There are 5.401 companies in Ourém with about 17.000 (17.279) workers.

Moreover, Ourém has good road accesses, such as the A1 highway, the Secondary Road IC9 and the North Railway.