Borba, Portugal

Municipality in Alentejo, Portugal

Borba (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈbɔɾβɐ] ^ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,333,^[1] in an area of 145.19 km².^[2] It was elevated from town to city status on 12 June 2009.^[3]

The municipal holiday is Easter Monday.

Parishes

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 4 civil parishes (freguesias):^[4]

• Borba (Matriz)
• Borba (São Bartolomeu)
• Orada
• Rio de Moinhos

Notable people

• Vítor Norte (born 1951) an actor and voice actor.^[5]
• Luís Bilro (born 1971) a Portuguese retired football with 411 club caps

See also

• Borba DOC

References

1. Instituto Nacional de Estatística
2. "Áreas das freguesias, concelhos, distritos e país". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
3. Público. "Portugal tem cinco novas cidades e 22 vilas". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
4. Diário da República. "Law nr. 11-A/2013, page 552 26" (pdf) (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 July 2014.
5. Vítor Norte, IMDb Database retrieved 18 June 2021.

External links

• Town Hall official website