Ponteareas

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Ponteareas
Town and municipality
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Nickname(s): 
Vila do Corpus, Vila do Tea
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Coordinates: 42°10′00″N8°30′00″W / 42.166667°N 8.5°W / 42.166667; -8.5
Country Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Region Flag of Galicia.svg Galicia
Province Pontevedra
Comarca O Condado
Established1483
Founded by Diego Sarmiento de Sotomayor
Parishes Angoares, Arcos, Areas, Arnoso, Bugarín, Celeiros, Critiñade, Cumiar, Fontenla, Fozara, Guillade, Guláns, Moreira, Nogueira, Santiago de Oliveira, San Mateo de Oliveira, San Lourenzo de Oliveira, Padróns, Paredes, Pías, Ponteareas, Prado, Ribadetea, Xinzo
Government
  Type Mayor–council
  BodyConcello de Ponteareas
   Mayor Nava Castro (PP)
Area
  Land125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total
22,854
Demonym(s) ponteareán (m), ponteareá (f)
ponteareano (m), ponteareana (f)
Time zone CET (GMT +1)
  Summer (DST)CEST (GMT +2)
Postal code
36860-36895
Area code +34 986 66
Patron saint Saint Michael the Archangel
Website http://www.ponteareas.es

Ponteareas is a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of O Condado.

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It is located on the Vigo-Benavente highway and on the river Tea, a right-hand tributary of the Miño. It is the chief town of a fertile hilly region, which produces wine, grain and fruit, and contains many cattle farms. The industries of the town itself are porcelain manufactures, tanning and distilling. Close by are the ruins of the Sobroso Castle, which played an important part in the medieval civil wars. While it is located in the nearby town, Mondariz, it is owned by the council of Ponteareas.

Geography

Parishes

The municipality of Ponteareas is formed by 24 parroquias (parishes) - rural suburbs of the main town. These parishes can be further subdivided into aldeas (villages) or lugares :

Government

The municipality of Ponteareas is administered by a mayor-council government, the Concello de Ponteareas, which meets at the Casa Consistorial in the Xardins da Xiralda. Following the local elections of 2023 the municipality is governed by a two-party coalition of the People's Party and ACIP with Nava Castro as Mayoress.

Local election results in Ponteareas
Party 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
People's Party (PP)697
5
7
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)655
8
6
Alternativa Ciudadana de Ponteareas (ACIP)-43
4
4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE-PSdeG)434
3
2
Independientes Ponteareas (IP)
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-
-
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1
Ponteareas en Común (PEC)
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1
A Riada do Tea (ARDT) [2] --1
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United Left (EU-SON)--1
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Condado-Paradanta Union (UCPA)5--
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Culture

Festivities

Corpus Christi
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Floral carpet.

The religious festival of Corpus Christi is particularly important. Dating back to 1857, it is traditionally celebrated with a procession of the Holy Sacrament along floral carpets laid in the streets. In 1968 the festival was declared a festival of Tourist Interest, in 1980 of National Tourist Interest, and in 2009 of International Tourist Interest, joining other famous Spanish celebrations such as Fallas and the Tomatina.

Local holidays

Music

The town has a conservatory which is named after Reveriano Soutullo, a composer of Zarzuelas.

Domestic cooperation

Ponteareas cooperates with the Spanish municipalities of Redondela, La Orotava and Monòver.

Notable people

See also

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Supported by Podemos and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.

Official

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Puenteareas". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 650.

42°10′N8°30′W / 42.167°N 8.500°W / 42.167; -8.500