Coruche (Portuguese pronunciation: [kuˈɾuʃɨ] ⓘ) is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal.

[2] The present Mayor is Francisco Silvestre de Oliveira, elected by the Socialist Party.

The Coruche City Council has also six City Councillors: Joaquim Filipe Coelho Serrão, Francisco Silvestre de Oliveira and Nelson Fernando Nunes Galvão elected by the Socialist Party, and Ricardo Jorge Rato Ferreira Raposo, Isidro Rodrigo Silva Catarino and António Joaquim Soares elected by Coligação Democrática Unitária.

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 6 civil parishes (freguesias):[3] The festival happens from August 14 to the 18 except a few years (including 2005) when it ended 19.

Many runnings of bulls (a minor version of Pamplona's encierro) happen during the festivity.