Rianxo is a port town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

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 ...

. It has a population of a little over 15,000 and its two main industries are fishing and tourism. The town's yearly celebration of

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe ( es, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe ( es, Virgen de Guadalupe), is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus associated with a series of five Marian apparitions, which are believed t ...

is popular with tourists. Rianxo was the birthplace of several influential Galician writers, including Paio Gómez Chariño ^gl,

Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio Pérez Sánchez (July 12, 1900 – January 28, 1930), better known as Manuel Antonio, was a Galician poet. He was honoured on Galician Literature Day Galician Literature Day ( gl, Día das Letras Galegas) is a public holiday o ...

, Alfonso R. Castelao and

Rafael Dieste Rafael Dieste (Rianxo, 1899–Santiago de Compostela, 1981) was a Galician poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist writing mostly in Galician language, but also in Spanish language. He began to write with the encouragement of another ...

List of parishes

It has 6 ''parroquias'' ^gl * O Araño ^gl * Asados ^gl * Isorna ^gl * Leiro ^gl *

Rianxo Rianxo is a port town and municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña. It has a population of a little over 15,000 and its two main industries are fishing and tourism. The town's yearly c ...

^gl * Taragoña ^gl

References

External links

web page of the municipality of Rianxo Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña Our Lady of Guadalupe {{galicia-geo-stub