Oímbra
Oímbra | |
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municipality | |
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Location in Galicia | |
![]() ![]() Oímbra Location in Spain | |
Coordinates: 41°53′7″N 7°28′21″W / 41.88528°N 7.47250°WCoordinates: 41°53′7″N 7°28′21″W / 41.88528°N 7.47250°W | |
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Comarca | Verín |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ana Villarino (People's Party) |
Area | |
• Total | 71.9 km2 (27.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 432 m (1,417 ft) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 1,766 |
• Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www.oimbra.es |
Oímbra is a municipality in the Spanish province of Ourense. It has a population of 1,894 (2016) and an area of 72 km². North of the border to Portugal.
Oímbra is, in this 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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Lagar_Rupestre_Oimbra.jpg/220px-Lagar_Rupestre_Oimbra.jpg)
Rock winepress in Oímbra (Galicia/Spain)
References[]
- ^ "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ourense/oimbra/2019/10/07/oimbra-regreso-pisa-tradicional-uvas/0003_201910O7C3993.htm
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- Municipalities in the Province of Ourense
- Galicia (Spain) geography stubs