Pontedeume () is a

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in the

province of A Coruña The province of A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical en, link=no, Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the A ...

in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern

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. The town was founded ''ex novo'' by the town charter of

Alfonso X the Wise Alfonso X (also known as the Wise, es, el Sabio; 23 November 1221 – 4 April 1284) was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 30 May 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germ ...

in 1270. The town is located on the

English Way The English Way ( gl, Camiño Inglés and es, Camino Inglés) is one of the paths of the Camino de Santiago. It begins in the Galician port cities of Ferrol (118 km) or A Coruña (75 km) and runs south to Santiago de Compostela. Middl ...

path of the

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Industry

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and services are the main economic activities, though from the late 1950s, and particularly from the mid 1970s, Pontedeume has developed into a coastal

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Geography

Parishes

Pontedeume is divided into 8

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es: Andrade (San Martiño), Boebre (Santiago), Breamo (San Miguel), Centroña (Santa María), Nogueirosa (San Cosme), Ombre (Santa María), Pontedeume (Santiago) and Vilar (San Pedro).

Demography

In 1868 and from 1877 to 1890 the territory of

Vilarmaior Vilarmaior () is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Betanzos Betanzos () is a municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwes ...

was a part of the municipality of Pontedeume. This explains the pronounced fall in the population between 1877 and 1900.

Notable people

Fátima Rodríguez Fátima Rodríguez (Pontedeume, Galicia, 15 May 1961) is a Spanish Galician writer, and a translator in Galician and Spanish languages. She is also a professor at the University of Western Brittany in Brest, France. Biography Rodríguez studie ...

(b. 1961), Spanish writer, translator

References

Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña Castles in Galicia (Spain) {{galicia-geo-stub