Forcarei is a

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 ...

in Galicia, Spain in the province of

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality whi ...

Location

The municipality of Forcarei occupies the northern part of the province of Pontevedra. Bordered on the east by the municipality of

Lalín Lalín is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the north of the province of Pontevedra. It's the capital of the region of the Deza. The town has a population of 20,158 inhabitants (2014).http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?paxina=002003001&c=-1&ru ...

, which separates the mountains of O Testeiro and the Sierra de O Candán. On the north and northeast section it joins with the neighboring lands of

Silleda Silleda is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Access The town is adjacent to the N-525 road that connects Ourense with Santiago de Compostela, and 40 km from the Galician capital, Santiago. It also has acc ...

, and the northwest to the town of La Estrada. To the southwest it borders

Cerdedo Cerdedo is a former municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Location Located in the region known as Tabeirós - Terra de Montes, bordered to the north by Forcarei and A Estrada, to the west by Cotobade Cotobade is a fo ...

and falls on the natural border of the Sierra de O Cando in the territories of

Cotobade Cotobade is a former local country council in Galicia (Spain) in the province of Pontevedra. It bordered the municipalities of Campo Lameiro, Cerdedo, Forcarei, A Lama, Ponte Caldelas and Pontevedra. In 2011 its population was 4432 people, ...

and

A Lama A Lama is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the '' Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the ...

, and in the south the Orense territories of

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and

O Irixo O Irixo is a municipality in Ourense in the Galicia region of north-west Spain. It is located in the very northwest of the province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ...

Demography

The population of Forcarei is 3,916 inhabitants. The density is 23.3 inhabitants/km².

Civil parishes

The municipality is composed of 13 parishes: * Aciveiro (Santa María) * Castrelo (Santa Mariña) * Dúas Igrexas (Santa María) * Forcarei (San Martiño) * A Madanela de Montes (Santa María Madanela) * Meavía (San Xoán) * Millarada (San Amedio) * Pardesoa (Santiago) * Pereira (San Bartolomeu) * Quintillán (San Pedro) * San Miguel de Presqueiras (San Miguel) * Santa Mariña de Presqueiras (Santa Mariña) * Ventoxo (San Nicolao)

Services

The municipality has, in addition to government services situated by the City Council, services such as municipal police, Single Window, registrar or notaries, with a House of Culture where the Municipal School of Music is located (responsible for the municipal band) and where training courses such as computing, access to internet, Astronomical Image Analysis, management of telescopes, etc. are given and an Association of Merchants and Entrepreneurs to defend their own interests and organize cultural and educational activities.

References

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