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Bombarral
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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.
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
- Oeste
- Portuguese subdivision.district
- Leiria
- Portuguese subdivision.parishes
- 4
- Portuguese subdivision.leader_name
- José Manuel Vieira
- Portuguese subdivision.elevation
- 34
- Portuguese subdivision.area_total
- 91.29
- Portuguese subdivision.population_as_of
- 2011
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Portugal
- Official name
- Bombarral
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Estremadura
- Contains
- Pó
- Population
- 13856
- Area
- 91.29
- Elevation
- 30
- Shares border with
- Lourinhã
- Official website
- www.cm-bombarral.pt
- Image
- Bombarral.jpg
- Dialing code
- 262
- Patron saint
- Saint Peter
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- Commons category
- Bombarral
- topic's main category
- Category:Bombarral
- postal code
- 2540
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- native label
- Bombarral
- P8168
- Bucyrus
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Physical geography
- Human geography
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- Economy
- Notable people
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bombarral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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