Estômbar
Estômbar | |
|---|---|
Matrix church of Estômbar | |
| Coordinates: 37°08′45″N 08°29′10″W / 37.14583°N 8.48611°W | |
| Country | Portugal |
| Region | Algarve |
| Intermunic. comm. | Algarve |
| District | Faro |
| Municipality | Lagoa |
| Disbanded | 2013 |
| Area | |
• Total | 24.21 km2 (9.35 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 4,985 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+00:00 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
| Postal code | 8400 |
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Estômbar is a town in the civil parish of Estômbar e Parchal, in the municipality (concelho) of Lagoa, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,985, in an area of 24.21 km2. It is situated just west of the city of Lagoa itself. Its civil status was raised to that of a town on August 16, 1991.
Estômbar is mainly as a bedroom community for Portimão, and many of its residents travel daily across the Rio Arade to work in the neighboring municipality.
Inhabitants are known as Estombarense.