Cedeira is a municipality in the

province of A Coruña The province of A Coruña ( ; ; historical ) 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 Atlantic Ocean to the west and north ...

in the

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of Galicia in northwestern

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. It is situated in the northern coast of the Rías Altas. Cedeira has a population of 6,626 inhabitants ( INE, 2022).

Parroquias

*Cedeira (Santa María do Mar) *Cervo (Santalla) *Esteiro (San Fiz) *Montoxo (San Xiao) *Piñeiro (San Cosme) *Régoa (Santa María) *San Román de Montoxo (San Román)

Demography

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Politics

Economy

Travelers from Cedeira travel to

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, Terranova in

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or the Irish Box to fish. Most of the fish, mainly tuna, is canned and stored in warehouses locally for later distribution to different parts of

and

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Farming Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

horse breeding Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given Horse breed, breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired chara ...

and

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production, together with services are the main economic activities. Since the late 1980s Cedeira has developed into a coastal

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. Wind-mill parks are common in

Ferrolterra Ferrol is a coastal ''comarca'' in the northwest of the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is also known as Ferrolterra. The area is 613.4 km2, and the overall population of this ''comarca'' was 161,154 at the 2011 Census; the latest offic ...

, particularly in the boroughs of Cariño, Cedeira and A Capela.

Santo André de Teixido

Nearby is the site of Santo André (or San Andres), a pre-Christian pilgrimage site, with a holy well. Parts of the chapel at San Andres dates from the 12th century, although most of the structure was designed by Miguel Lopez de la Peña and built in 1789. The earliest reference to Christian pilgrimage there comes from a 1391 manuscript, in which a woman from nearby

Viveiro Viveiro (; ) is a town and municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Mariña Occidental. It borders on the Cantabrian Sea, to the west of Xove and to the east of O V ...

says: :''Iten mando yr por min en romaria yr per min a Santo Andre of Teixido, porque Ilo tenno prometudo, tenno, et que le ponnan enno seu altar hua candea commo he hua muller de meu estado'' The cliffs of San Andres are described as the highest in Europe.''Turismo Enxebre'' website
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Culture

Cedeira hosts a small Medieval Fair in one of its main squares each year. In addition, the gastronomical "Percebe" (barnacle) festival is held in July.

References

Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña Port cities and towns on the Spanish Atlantic coast {{galicia-geo-stub