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Bombarral
Also known as Bombarral Municipality
Bombarral () is a Portuguese municipality in the Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura, and the Leiria district. The population in 2011 was 13,193, in an area of . It includes four civil parishes () that provide local services.
Key facts
- Portuguese subdivision.type
- municipality
- Portuguese subdivision.official_name
- Bombarral
- Portuguese subdivision.image_flag
- Pt-bbr1.png
- Portuguese subdivision.flag_border
- no
- Portuguese subdivision.image_shield
- BBR.png
- Portuguese subdivision.image_skyline
- Serra de Montejunto2.jpg
- Portuguese subdivision.image_caption
- The view from the Serra de Montejunto, overlooking Bombarral
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe
- yes
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe zoom
- 10
- Portuguese subdivision.mapframe point
- none
- Portuguese subdivision.region
- Oeste e Vale do Tejo
- Portuguese subdivision.CIM
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- Twin towns — Sister cities
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Bombarral () is a Portuguese municipality in the Oeste region, historical province of Estremadura, and the Leiria district. The population in 2011 was 13,193, in an area of . It includes four civil parishes () that provide local services.
==History== 220px|left|thumb|Painting of the Battle of Roliça, showing French troops in the hilltops attacking the much larger British force in the valley It is known that the area of Bombarral was occupied during the geological period, and there exist vestiges of human settlement throughout the municipality, including pre-historic remnants in Gruta Nova, Lapa do Suão and the Neolithic fortifications of Columbeira and the Castro de São Mamede.
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