Ponteareas

Ponteareas Puenteareas
Municipality
Panoramic view of Ponteareas Ponteareas Town Hall Pena do Equilibrio Corpus Christi floral carpets Os Remedios Bridge
Flag Coat of arms
Nicknames:  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	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Pontevedra
Comarca	O Condado
Established	1483;543 years ago (1483)
Founded by	Diego Sarmiento de Sotomayor
Subdivisions	24 paroquias
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Concello de Ponteareas
•  Mayor	Nava Castro (PPdeG)
Area
• Land	125 km2 (48 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Highest elevation (Alto do Galleiro)	743 m (2,438 ft)
Population  (2024-01-01) [1]
• Total	23,196
• Rank	20th in Galicia 7th in Pontevedra
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
INE code	36042
Website	www.ponteareas.gal

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.

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.

Administration

Local 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 of Galicia and ACIP with Nava Castro as Mayor.

Local election results in Ponteareas
Party	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023
People's Party (PP)	6	9	7	5	7
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)	6	5	5	8	6
Alternativa Ciudadana de Ponteareas (ACIP)	-	4	3	4	4
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE-PSdeG)	4	3	4	3	2
Independientes Ponteareas (IP)	-	-	-	-	1
Ponteareas en Común (PEC)	-	-	-	-	1
A Riada do Tea (ARDT) [2]	-	-	1	-	-
United Left (EU-SON)	-	-	1	-	-
Condado-Paradanta Union (UCPA)	5	-	-	-	-

Administrative subdivisions

The municipality of Ponteareas comprises 24 parroquias , local administrative units historically derived from ecclesiastical parishes.

Parishes of Ponteareas
	Place name	Population [3]	Land area in km2	Pop. density per km2
1	Angoares	504
2	Arcos	524
3	Areas	1,016
4	Arnoso	255
5	Bugarín	529
6	Celeiros	227
7	Cristiñade	486
8	Cumiar	116
9	Fontenla	296
10	Fozara	323
11	Guillade	451
12	Guláns	714
13	Moreira	702
14	Nogueira	190
15	Santiago de Oliveira	310
16	San Mateo de Oliveira	573
17	San Lourenzo de Oliveira	131
18	Padróns	580
19	Paredes	47
20	Pías	456
21	Ponteareas	12,528
22	Prado	231
23	Ribadetea	862
24	Xinzo	1,157

Culture

Festivities

Corpus Christi

Floral carpet.

The religious festival of Corpus Christi holds particular significance. Dating back to 1857, it is traditionally celebrated with a procession of the Holy Sacrament along streets adorned with intricate floral carpets. In recognition of its cultural and touristic value, the festival was declared of Tourist Interest in 1968, of National Tourist Interests in 1980, and of International Tourist Interest in 2009, placing it alongside other renowned Spanish celebrations such as the Fallas and La Tomatina.

Local holidays

• Día da Picaraña (1 May)
• Virgin of os Remedios on (6 September)
• Saint Michael the Archangel (29 September)

Music

The town has a conservatory named after Reveriano Soutullo (1884–1932), a composer of Zarzuelas.

Domestic cooperation

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

Notable people

• Gabino Bugallal, politician (1861–1932)
• Reveriano Soutullo, composer of Zarzuelas (1884–1932)
• Manuel Domínguez Benavides, writer (1895–1947)
• Fermín Bouza Brey, writer (1901–1973)
• Delio Rodríguez, cyclist (1916–1994)
• Emilio Rodríguez, cyclist (1923–1984)
• Rogelio Groba, composer (1930)
• Silverio Rivas, sculptor (1942)
• Abel Caballero, politician (1946)
• Álvaro Pino, cyclist (1956)
• Juan Carlos Taboas, cyclist (1972)
• Gonzalo Caballero Míguez, politician (1975)

See also

• List of municipalities in Pontevedra

References

1. National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2024".
2. Supported by Podemos and Anova-Nationalist Brotherhood.
3. "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional". Instituto Nacional de Estadística .

External links

Official

• Concello de Ponteareas (in Galician)
• Official Twitter account of the government of Ponteareas

 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