Carballeda de Valdeorras is a larger

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

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 ...

in the Galicia region of north-west

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. It is

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towards the very north-east of the

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in the comarca of

Valdeorras Valdeorras is a comarca in the Galician Province of Ourense. The overall population of this local region is 25,500 (2019). Municipalities *O Barco de Valdeorras, capital of the comarca *O Bolo *Carballeda de Valdeorras *Larouco * Petín * A ...

. The only ''

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'' forest in Galicia is located within this municipal term.

Villages

* Candeda * Carballeda * Casaio * Casoio * Domiz * Lardeira * A Portela do Trigal * Pumares * Pusmazán * Riodolas * Robledo * San Xusto * Santa Cruz * Sobradelo * Soutadoiro * Vila * Viladequinta

External links

Valdeorras siteComarca de Valdeorras

References

Municipalities in the Province of Ourense {{galicia-geo-stub