Oímbra
Oímbra | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Location in Galicia | |
Oímbra Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 41°53′7″N 7°28′21″W / 41.88528°N 7.47250°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| Province | Ourense |
| Comarca | Verín |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ana María Villarino Pardo (PPdeG) |
| Area | |
• Total | 71.9 km2 (27.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
| Population (2024-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 1,711 |
| • Density | 23.8/km2 (61.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
Oímbra is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Verín. It has a population of 1,894 (2016) and an area of 72 km². The town borders Portugal to the south.
Oímbra is, at the moment, the municipality of Galicia which has the biggest number of documented rock winepresses,[3] this tells us the historical and extraordinary condition of its climate and soils for grape cultivation and quality wine production
References
- ^ "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2024".
- ^ "Oímbra regresó a la pisa tradicional de las uvas". La Voz de Galicia. 7 October 2019.
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