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Nazaré
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municipality in Portugal
Key facts
- Country
- Portugal
- Region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Intermunic comm
- Oeste
- District
- Leiria
- President
- Walter Chicharro ( PS )
- Total
- 82.43 km (31.83 sq mi)
- Density
- 180.6/km (467.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+01:00 ( WEST )
- Local holiday
- September 8
- Website
- www.cm-nazare.pt
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
CM Nazaré
Sítio oficial da Câmara Municipal da Nazaré. Informação sobre o município, composição e atividades. Inclui uma agenda de eventos no concelho.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Nazaré
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Estremadura
- Contains
- Valado dos Frades
- Population
- 15060
- Area
- 82.43
- Shares border with
- Alcobaça
- Official website
- www.cm-nazare.pt
- Image
- Nazaré.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Zushi
- Commons category
- Nazaré
- postal code
- 2450
- topic's main category
- Category:Nazaré, Portugal
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- www.cm-nazare.pt/balcao-virtual/contactos
- phone number
- +351-262-550-010
- number of viewers/listeners
- 671624
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Encyclopedic overview
Nazaré ( Portuguese pronunciation: [nɐzɐˈɾɛ] ) is a Portuguese resort town and municipality located in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the Leiria District. The municipality has a population of 14,889 in an area of 82.43 km, while the town itself has around 10,000 inhabitants.
Nazaré is one of the most popular seaside resorts in the Silver Coast (Costa de Prata). It is famous for its huge waves and surfing competitions. As of 2026, the record for the tallest wave ever surfed stands at a wave measured at 26.2 m (86 ft) at Nazaré in 2020, ridden by German surfer Sebastian Steudtner.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nazaré” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.