Urgezes

Urgezes
The church of Urgezes, 2005
Coordinates: 41°25′33″N 8°17′49″W / 41.42583°N 8.29694°W / 41.42583; -8.29694
Country Portugal
RegionNorte
Intermunic. comm.Ave
DistrictBraga
MunicipalityGuimarães
Area
  Total
3.31 km2 (1.28 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)
  Total
5,517
  Density1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+00:00 (WET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+01:00 (WEST)
Websitewww.freg-urgezes.pt

Urgezes, previously known as Santo Estêvão de Urgezes, is a civil parish in the municipality of Guimarães, Portugal. The population in 2021 was 5,259 on an area of 3.31 km2 (1.28 sq mi). The civil parish makes up part of the surroundings of the city center of Guimarães. The parish has a football team named Amigos de Urgezes.

The Dízimo de Urgezes, one of the smaller festivities of the Nicolinas, that traces its origins to 1717, takes place here.