Ponteareas
Ponteareas
Puenteareas | |
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Town and municipality | |
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Nickname(s): Vila do Corpus, Vila do Tea | |
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Coordinates: 42°10′00″N 8°30′00″W / 42.166667°N 8.5°W | |
Country | Spain |
Region | Galicia |
Province | Pontevedra |
County | O Condado |
Established | 1483 |
Founded by | |
Parishes | Angoares, Arcos, Areas, Arnoso, Bugarín, Celeiros, Critiñade, Cumiar, Fontenla, Fozara, Guillade, Guláns, Moreira, Nogueira, Santiago de Oliveira, San Mateo de Oliveira, San Lourenzo de Oliveira, Padróns, Paredes, Pías, Ponteareas, Prado, Ribadetea, Xinzo |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor–council |
• Body | Concello de Ponteareas |
• Mayor | vacant (BNG) |
Area | |
• Land | 125 km2 (48 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 22,854 |
Demonym(s) | ponteareán (m), ponteareá (f) ponteareano (m), ponteareana (f) |
Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
• Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
Postal code | 36860-36895 |
Area code(s) | +34 986 66 |
Patron saint | Saint Michael the Archangel |
Website | http://www.ponteareas.es |
Ponteareas is town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in Spain.
It is located on the Vigo-Benavente highway and on the river Tea, a right-hand tributary of the Miño. It is the chief town of a fertile hilly region, which produces wine, grain and fruit, and contains many cattle farms. The industries of the town itself are porcelain manufactures, tanning and distilling. Close by are the ruins of the Sobroso Castle, which played an important part in the medieval civil wars. While it is located in the nearby town, Mondariz, it is owned by the council of Ponteareas.
Geography[]
Parishes[]
The municipality of Ponteareas is formed by 24 parroquias (parishes) - rural suburbs of the main town. These parishes can be further subdivided into aldeas (villages) or lugares :
- (Santa María): Agualevada, Alemparte, A Cruz, Ganade, A Gándara, A Lomba, O Peso, O Picoto, San Brais
- (San Lourenzo): O Cotarel, O Covelo, A Muxena, A Oliveira, O Outeiriño, O Souto da Presa
- (Santa Cristina): Camondes, A Chan, As Eiras, A Freixa, A Gándara, A Porteliña, Queidores, A Quintenla, A Rasela, O Viñal
- (San Fins): A Carreira, O Outeiro, O Requeixo, Ribadas, Soutelo
- (San Salvador): O Cribeiro, O Feixoal, A Igrexa, Mesego, O Outeiro, O Paseo, Penela, A Porteliña, Porto, A Pousa, O Puño, Rabadeira, As Raíces, Sequeiros, Soutovidal, A Torre, Urcela, A Xesteira
- (Santo Estevo): O Areal de Fontes, O Calvario, Candeira, Carballas, A Coutada, O Cruceiro, As Eiras, A Mo, Santa Cruz
- (San Mamede): A Ascensión, Barbáns, O Ceo, Cornedo, A Gaiosa, A Gloria, Novexil, O Picouto, As Rabadeiras
- (San Bartolomeu): Borraxeiros, A Lomba, Outeiro de Castro, Outeiro Fernando
- (San Miguel): Aval, Carballede, A Cavadiña, O Eirado, A Encostada, A Igrexa, A Lomba, Mourigade, Pazos, A Pontexil, A Portela, A Rañó, Reimonde, Santa Locaia, A Vigair
- (San Xulián) : A Abelleira, A Abesoureira, O Aciviñeiro, O Arrabal, O Barreiro, A Barxa, O Casal, A Cima, A Costa da Groba, Costa de Sequeiros, Couso, A Cruz, A Devesa, O Eido Vello, O Lameiro, O Outeiro do Foxo - O Outeiro, O Padrán, Penadouro, O Pereiro, Porto, O Provizo, O Salgueiral, Santa Baia, O Souto, Suaviña, Valiñas
- (San Martiño): A Amarela, O Calvario, A Cañota, Chan de Espiño, As Covas, A Feira, Macadín, Os Muíños, A Peroxa, O Pontillón, Rañe de Abaixo, Rañe de Arriba, Requeixo, A Ribeira do Río, Sixas, O Soutiño, Urcela, Vilanova
- (San Salvador): O Areu, O Castelo, A Costoura, Cruceiras, A Gándara, As Meáns, Monte de Abaixo, A Murxeira, A Nogueira, O Paramo, Pazos, O Rego Alto, O Souto, Torre do Sino
- (Santiago): A Áspera, A Bouza da Igrexa, O Casal, A Duca, Entrecotos, A Fraga do Rei, A Pedreira, A Portela, A Porteliña, Rabuñade, A Sobreira, Valverde
- (Santiago): O Agrelo, O Alcázar, O Asperón, O Calandro, A Capela, O Carrascal, A Chan, A Cheira, O Cruceiro, A Cuña, As Godallas, A Manga, O Outeiro, A Pedreira, Penavella, O Piñeiro, Puzo, As Rozas, A Silva, O Val do Eido, Vera, Vilafría
- (Santiago): As Cabazas, A Camba, As Eiras, Paredes, A Pedreira, Pombeiras, Souto
- (San Salvador) : Castro, Chan da Gándara, As Cortellas, Maínza, Mouro, A Portela, A Seca, A Serra
- (San Cibrán): O Picouto, O Ramallal, O Toucedo
- (Santa Mariña): Chans, A Costeliña, Cotobade, A Cruz, A Ermida, A Lenguda, O Outeiro, A Pontacóns, O Souto do Pazo, O Toxo
- Ponteareas (town) (San Miguel): O Areal, O Barral, As Cachadas, Canedo, A Castiñeira, A Curuxeira, Lamazáns, A Moscadeira, O Paseo Matutino, Pedra de Agua, A Perillana, A Ponte dos Remedios, Ponteareas, O Reiro, San Roque, San Vicente, Valoura
- (San Nicolao): O Amial, O Carrascás, A Carrasqueira, O Charco, A Coutada, Os Ferreiros, O Outeiro, A Pardantela, O Pazo, O Souto de Abaixo, O Souto de Arriba
- (San Xurxo): O Aceido, Antela, A Bagañeira, O Barbeito, A Barca, A Barronca, A Barxela, Bernardos, O Cabaleiro, O Canal, Carreira, A Carriza, Os Casás, Os Casquizos, Cillarga, Covas, O Eido do Monte, O Eido Vello, Entreeidos, O Espadanal, O Figueiredo, A Freixa, A Groba, O Igrexario, Lomba do Cruceiro, Mourade, O Outeiro, O Pazo, A Pedra da Bouza, Peitieiras, As Penas, Pereira, O Portal de Dentro, O Porto, A Pousa, Preito, A Rabadeira, O Roupeiro, O Salgueiral, Santa Cruz, O Sobreiro, O Souto, A Tramila, A Videira, Vilares, A Viña Vella
- (Santa Mariña): As Balsadas, O Barbeito, A Barreira, Barroselo, Barxelas, A Bergoa, O Borraxeiro, Bouzalonga, Cabreira, A Canella, A Cividá, O Confurco, O Coto, O Eido de Arriba, A Ermida, A Fichoca, Fixón, As Fonteíñas, A Granxa, A Illán, Lamas, O Longaíño, O Moledo, Nando, Parada, O Pereiro, O Picoto, A Portela, O Regote, A Riba, A Rocha, A Rúa, O Sobral, O Souto, A Touza da Vella, Os Valados, A Verdella, A Viña de Lama, A Viña Nova, O Vis
Government[]
The municipality of Ponteareas is administered by a mayor-council government, the Concello de Ponteareas, which meets at the Casa Consistorial in the Xardins da Xiralda. Following the local elections of 2019 the municipality is governed by a two-party coalition of the Galician Nationalist Bloc and Socialists' Party of Galicia with Xosé Represas as Mayor.
Local election results in Ponteareas | ||||||||||||||||
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Party | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8
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People's Party (PP) | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5
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Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE-PSdeG) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3
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(ACIP) | - | 4 | 3 | 4
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(ARDT)[2] | - | - | 1 | -
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United Left (EU-SON) | - | - | 1 | -
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(UCPA) | 5 | - | - | -
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Culture[]
Festivities[]
- Corpus Christi
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The religious festival of Corpus Christi is particularly important. Dating back to 1857, it is traditionally celebrated with a procession of the Holy Sacrament along floral carpets laid in the streets. In 1968 the festival was declared a festival of Tourist Interest, in 1980 of National Tourist Interest, and in 2009 of International Tourist Interest, joining other famous Spanish celebrations such as Fallas and the Tomatina.
- Local holidays
- Día da Picaraña (1 May)
- on (6 September)
- Saint Michael the Archangel (29 September)
Music[]
The town has a conservatory which is named after Reveriano Soutullo, a composer of Zarzuelas.
International relations[]
Ponteareas is twinned with:
Redondela, Galicia (since 1972)
La Orotava, Canary Islands (since 1984)
Monòver, Valencian Country
Galway, Ireland (since 2015)[3]
Notable people[]
- Gabino Bugallal, politician (1861–1932)
- Reveriano Soutullo, composer (1884–1932)
- Manuel Domínguez Benavides, writer (1895–1947)
- Fermín Bouza Brey, writer (1901–1973)
- Delio Rodríguez, cyclist (1916–1994)
- Emilio Rodríguez, cyclist (1923–1984)
- Rogelio Groba, composer (1930)
- Silverio Rivas, sculptor (1942)
- Abel Caballero, politician (1946)
- Álvaro Pino, cyclist (1956)
- Juan Carlos Taboas, cyclist (1972)
- Gonzalo Caballero Míguez, politician (1975)
References[]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Supported by Podemos and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.
- ^ "Ponteareas se hermana con la ciudad irlandesa de Galway". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish).
External links[]
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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Puenteareas. |
Official[]
public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Puenteareas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 650.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the- Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra