Borba (), officially the Municipality of Borba (), is a municipality in the District of
Évora
Évora ( , ), officially the Very Noble and Ever Loyal City of Évora (), is a city and a municipalities of Portugal, municipality in Portugal. It has 53,591 inhabitants (2021), in an area of . It is the historic capital of the Alentejo reg ...
in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,333,
[Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica]
/ref> in an area of 145.19 km2. It was elevated from town to city status on 12 June 2009.
The municipal holiday is Easter Monday
Easter Monday is the second day of Eastertide and a public holiday in more than 50 predominantly Christian countries. In Western Christianity it marks the second day of the Octave of Easter; in Eastern Christianity it marks the second day of Br ...
.
Parishes
Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes ('' freguesias''):
* Borba (Matriz)
* Borba (São Bartolomeu)
* Orada
* Rio de Moinhos
Notable people
* VÃtor Norte (born 1951) an actor and voice actor. VÃtor Norte, IMDb Database
retrieved 18 June 2021.
*
LuÃs Bilro (born 1971) a Portuguese retired football with 411 club caps
See also
*
Borba DOC
Borba is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Borba Municipality in the Alentejo region. The region was initially an '' Indicação de Proveniencia Regulamentada'' (IPR) region, then elevated to ''Denominação de Origem Controlada'' (DOC) st ...
References
External links
Town Hall official website
Municipalities of Évora District
Cities in Portugal
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