Oímbra Explained

Settlement Type:Municipality
Official Name:Oímbra
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Coordinates:41.8853°N -7.4725°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Verín
Area Total Km2:71.9
Area Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:432
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ana María Villarino Pardo
Leader Party:PPdeG
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,[2] this tells us the historical and extraordinary condition of its climate and soils for grape cultivation and quality wine production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IGE. Táboas. www.ige.eu. gl. 2017-10-10.
  2. [3|https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ourense/oimbra/2019/10/07/oimbra-regreso-pisa-tradicional-uvas/0003_201910O7C3993.htm]