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Chamusca () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2021 was 8,530, in an area of 746.01 km2. The present Mayor is Paulo Queimado, elected by the Socialist Party. The municipal holiday is Ascension Day.


Climate


Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 5 civil parishes ('' freguesias''): * Carregueira * Chamusca e Pinheiro Grande * Parreira e Chouto * Ulme * Vale de Cavalos


Notable people

* Ruy Gómez de Silva, 1st Prince of Éboli (1516 in Chamusca – 1573) a Portuguese noble and adviser to King
Philip II of Spain Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and List of Sicilian monarchs, Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He ...
* José Cid (born 1942 in Chamusca) a Portuguese singer and composer.


See also

* Chamusca IPR


References


External links


Photos from Chamusca
Towns in Portugal Populated places in Santarém District Municipalities of Santarém District {{Santarém-geo-stub