Tomar

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Tomar

Total population

18,209

Coordinates39.60°, -8.42°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tomar, also known in English as Thomar, is a Portuguese city and a municipality in the historical Ribatejo Portuguese province, and in Santarém district. The town proper has a population of about 20,000. The municipality population in 2011 was 40,677, in an area of 351.20 km2 (135.60 sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Irene of Tomar

Portuguese saint

Ana Laíns

Portuguese vocalist

I

Isabel Ruth

actress

Fernando Tamagnini de Abreu e Silva

Portuguese Army general (1856-1924)

E

Ernesto Figueiredo

Portuguese footballer (1937–2025)

M

Margarida Cardoso

Portuguese film director and screenwriter

P

Paulo Frischknecht

Portuguese swimmer

Fernando Lopes-Graça

Portuguese composer (1906–1994)

N

Nuno Viriato Tavares de Melo Egídio

Governors of Macau and Portuguese Army general (1922–2011)

D

Domingos Vieira

Portuguese painter (c. 1570 - 1632)

J

João Anes

Roman Catholic archbishop

José Augusto França

Portuguese historian

A

António Silva Cardoso

politician

B

Beto Betuk

Portuguese musician

Carmelinda Pereira

Portuguese politician

E

Eduardo de Arantes e Oliveira

Portuguese politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Santarém

• Gornja Motičina
  1396 mi away · pop. 27
• Valenovac
  1396.2 mi away · pop. 138
• Martinci Miholjački
  1396.3 mi away · pop. 23
• Donja Motičina
  1398.5 mi away · pop. 990
• Seona
  1398.6 mi away · pop. 317
• Vučjak Feričanački
  1398.7 mi away · pop. 226
• Gradac Našički
  1398.8 mi away · pop. 135
• Londžica
  1399.1 mi away · pop. 138
• Beljevina
  1399.3 mi away · pop. 595
• Podravska Moslavina
  1399.6 mi away · pop. 655
• Bokšić
  1399.9 mi away · pop. 340
• Zoljan
  1400.1 mi away · pop. 637

Browse all places in Santarém →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Tomar

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Green Iberian Wall Lizard

Podarcis virescens

Seen 2026-09-18

Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

Seen 2026-09-18

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Seen 2026-09-15

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-14

Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

Seen 2026-09-13

Cardinal Butterfly

Argynnis pandora

Seen 2026-09-13

Holly Blue

Celastrina argiolus

Seen 2026-09-12

Meadow Brown

Maniola jurtina

Seen 2026-09-12

Asian Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers