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Ourense (other)
Ourense is a municipality in Galicia, Spain. Ourense may also refer to: Places *Ourense (comarca), a comarca in the province of Ourense, Galicia, Spain. * Ourense (Spanish Congress Electoral District), one of the 52 electoral districts (circunscripciones) used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. *Ourense (Congress of Deputies constituency) *Ourense Cathedral, a cathedral in Ourense *Province of Ourense, a province of Galicia, Spain. *Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense, one of the five Catholic dioceses of Galicia, Spain. Sports *CD Ourense, a football team based in Ourense, Galicia, Spain. *CD Ourense B, a football team reserve team of CD Ourense. *Club Ourense Baloncesto Club Ourense Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Río Ourense Termal, is a professional basketball team based in Ourense, Spain. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro. History Founded in 1978 as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense
Ourense (; es, Orense ) is a city and capital of the province of Ourense, located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago), and is crossed by the Minho (river), Miño, Barbaña, Loña and Barbañica rivers. It is also known as ''A cidade das Burgas'' (in Galician) due to its hot springs, being one of the European cities with the greatest thermal heritage. Population Its population of 105,233 (2019) accounts for 34.2% of the population of the province and makes it the third largest city of Galicia. Its metropolitan area has a population that exceeds 140,000. In 2019 there were 14,171 foreigners living in the city, representing 13.5% of the total population. The main nationalities are Portuguese people, Portuguese (31.8%), Venezuelans (11.2%) and Romanians (7.9%). By language, according to 2018 data, 32.3% of the population always ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense (comarca)
Ourense is a comarca in the Galician Province of Ourense. The overall population of this local region is 143,851 (2019). Municipalities Amoeiro, Barbadás, Coles, Esgos, Nogueira de Ramuín, Ourense, O Pereiro de Aguiar, A Peroxa, San Cibrao das Viñas, Taboadela, Toén Toén is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and so ... and Vilamarín. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ourense (Comarca) Comarcas of the Province of Ourense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Ourense ( es, Orense) is one of the 52 constituencies ( es, link=no, circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects four deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Ourense. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent. Electoral system The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies, with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales. Voting is on the basis of univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense (Congress Of Deputies Constituency)
Ourense ( es, Orense) is one of the 52 constituencies ( es, link=no, circunscripciones) represented in the Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes Generales. The constituency currently elects four deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Ourense. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation, with a minimum threshold of three percent. Electoral system The constituency was created as per the Political Reform Act 1977 and was first contested in the 1977 general election. The Act provided for the provinces of Spain to be established as multi-member districts in the Congress of Deputies, with this regulation being maintained under the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Additionally, the Constitution requires for any modification of the provincial limits to be approved under an organic law, needing an absolute majority in the Cortes Generales. Voting is on the basis of univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense Cathedral
Ourense Cathedral (Catedral de Ourense or Catedral do San Martiño) is a Roman Catholic church located in Ourense in northwestern Spain. Dedicated to St Martin, it was founded in 550. The first structure was restored by Alonso el Casto. The present mainly Gothic building was raised with the support of Bishop Lorenzo in 1220. Its local patroness is Saint Euphemia. There is a silver-plated shrine, and others of St Facundus and St Primitivus. The Christ's Chapel (Capilla del Cristo Crucificado) was added in 1567 by Bishop San Francisco Triccio. It contains an image of Christ, which was brought in 1330 from a small church on Cape Finisterre. John the Baptist's Chapel (Capilla de San Juan Bautista) was created in 1468 by the Conde de Benavente. The Portal of Paradise is sculptured and enriched with figures of angels and saints, while the antique cloisters were erected in 1204 by Bishop Ederonio. The Capilla de la Maria Madre was restored in 1722, and connected by the cloisters with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Ourense
Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Castile and León) to the east, and by Portugal to the south. With an area of 7,278 square km., it is the only landlocked province in Galicia. The provincial capital, Ourense, is the largest population centre, with the rest of the province being predominantly rural. Denomination ''Ourense'' (in Galician) is the official name adopted by Parliament in Spain, according to Law 2/1998. Geography Ourense is surrounded by mountains on all sides. These mountains historically isolated the province from the more populated Galician coast. Until a highway was built in recent years linking Ourense with Vigo in the west and Benavente in the east, the only quick way for people to enter or leave the province was by railway. The principal river system is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ourense
The Diocese of Ourense (Latin: ''Dioecesis Auriensis'') is one of five dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Galicia, northwestern Spain. The Bishop of Ourense has his ''cathedra'' (Latin, "chair") in the Catedral de la Virgen Madre de los Milagros in Ourense and his jurisdiction covers all the 28 districts and 735 parishes of the Province of Ourense."Diocese of Orense" '''' David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016"Diocese of Orense" ''GCatholic.org.'' Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Ourense
Club Deportivo Ourense, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1952 after the dissolution of old UD Orensana, it played in Segunda División B – Group 1, holding home games at ''Estadio O Couto'', which has a capacity of 5,625 spectators. In 1967-68, the team completed an entire regular league season without drawing or losing a single game. Ourense won 30 out of 30 league games, but lost out to Elche CF Ilicitano in the promotion play-offs. The club was dissolved on 15 July 2014. Season to season ---- *13 seasons in Segunda División *24 seasons in Segunda División B *24 seasons in Tercera División Last squad Honours *Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Ourense B
Club Deportivo Ourense B, S.A.D. was a football team based in Ourense in the autonomous community of Galicia. They were the reserve team of CD Ourense. Founded in 1952, the team last played in Preferente Autonómica. The club's home ground was ''Estadio Os Remedios''. CD Ourense and Ourense B were dissolved in 2014. Season to season ---- *16 seasons in ''Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...'' External linksOfficial websiteUnofficial website Football cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Ourense Baloncesto
Club Ourense Baloncesto, S.A.D., more commonly referred to today by its sponsorship name of Río Ourense Termal, is a professional basketball team based in Ourense, Spain. The team currently plays in league LEB Oro. History Founded in 1978 as Club Bosco-Salesianos, the club achieved its first success promoting to Segunda División in 1984. Two years later, Ourense advances to Primera División B, the second tier, where it plays three seasons before promoting to Liga ACB in 1989 as champion of the league. In the top league, COB plays during nine seasons alternating title and relegation playoffs in its first years. Finally, it is relegated to LEB Oro in the 1998 playoffs, the third series the club played in three consecutive seasons. Ourense only played ACB again in the 2000–01 season before falling to LEB Plata, the third category in 2005. COB came back to LEB Oro in 2009 after buying the vacant spot of Cantabria Lobos. On June 2, 2015, Ourense promoted again to Liga ACB fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ourense FS
Ourense Fútbol Sala is a futsal club based in Ourense, city of the province of Ourense in the autonomous community of Galicia. The club was founded in 1981 and her pavilion is Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz with capacity of 6,000 seaters. From 2009–10 to 2011–12 season, the club only played with youth teams, returning the senior team to futsal activity in 2012–13 season. Season to season ---- *8 seasons in ''Primera División'' *7 seasons in ''Segunda División'' *3 seasons in ''Segunda División B'' *1 seasons in ''Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...'' References External links * *Galician Futsal Federation - Ourense delegation Futsal clubs in Galicia (Spain) 1981 establishments in Spain Sport in Ourense {{Spain-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
