Oímbra

Oímbra
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Location in Galicia
Oímbra Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°53′7″N 7°28′21″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Ourense
Comarca	Verín
Government
• Mayor	Ana María Villarino Pardo (PPdeG)
Area [1]
• Total	71.9 km^2 (27.8 sq mi)
Elevation	432 m (1,417 ft)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	1,766
• Density	25/km^2 (64/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

Rock winepress in Oímbra (Galicia/Spain)

References

1. "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 2017-10-10.
2. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
3. https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/ourense/oimbra/2019/10/07/oimbra-regreso-pisa-tradicional-uvas/0003_201910O7C3993.htm