Camariñas

Camariñas municipality
Squid traps in the port of Camariñas
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	A Coruña
Comarca :	Terra de Soneira
Coordinates	43 ° 8 ′  N , 9 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′  N , 9 ° 11 ′  W
Area :	51.6 km²
Residents :	5,272 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	102.17 inh / km²
Postal code :	15123
Municipality number  ( INE ):	15016
Nearest airport :	A Coruña
administration
Official language :	Castilian , Galician
Mayor :	Manuel Valeriano Alonso de León ( PSOE )
Address of the municipal administration:	Praza de Insuela 57 E 15123 - Camariñas (A Coruña) - Tel .: [phone]
Website :	camarinas.net
Location of the municipality

Camariñas is a municipality on the Costa da Morte in northern Galicia .

geography

location

Camariñas is located in the far north-west of Galicia in a protected position in the interior of the Ría de Camariñas bay . The closest major city is Santiago de Compostela . The time distance to the airports of Santiago de Compostela and A Coruña is roughly the same.

Cabo Vilán , located five kilometers north-northwest, belongs to the municipality . To the west of it joins one of the roughest sections of the Costa da Morte. It extends to the small fishing village of Camelle ; this parroquia and the whole coastline are also part of the Camariñas area.

Sub-municipalities

Camariñas consists of the Parroquias Camelle, Puente del Puerto, Xaviña and the main town Camariñas itself.

politics

Historical development in the Council of Camariñas

Political party	2015		2011
	Be right %	Seats	Be right %	Seats
PSOE	53.83%	7th	47.91%	7th
PP	36.84%	5	46.09%	6th
BNG	8.45%	1	4.94%	0

Population development

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

history

The place name is derived from an autochthonous shrub called caramiña ( Corema album ), also called hierba del hambre , hunger herb , in Spanish .

The remains of the Castros of Monte Mourin and Monte Croada as well as the Mámoa Reira bear witness to megalithic cultures in the region. The church of Santa María Xaviña and the bell tower in Ponte do Porto have survived from the Middle Ages. The palaces of the noble families Paxariña, Dor and Mouzo as well as the ruins of the Castelo do Sovereign stand for medieval secular architecture.

Several churches were built during the eighteenth century. During the uprising against the Napoleonic occupation of 1809, the ría of Camariñas was the scene of bloody fighting, in the course of which the French occupiers looted farms and killed a considerable number of local people. In the 1890s there was a wave of emigration to America and in the 1960s another wave to European countries.

economy

Old whaling harpoon at the harbor

Aquaculture at Cabo Vilán

Fishing is the traditional main source of income for the place. Until the beginning of the 20th century, whaling also played a major role. Today hake , sardines, eel, squid, various types of mussels, shrimp , sea ​​urchins and barnacles are traded in the port . In the estuary, mussels are raised on wooden rafts. Since 2005 an industrial aquaculture of the Norwegian company Stolt Sea Farm has been in operation at Cabo Vilán .

The common land is mainly used for forestry; Agriculture and animal husbandry play a lesser role. Tourism is becoming more and more important. The traditional craft of lace making is an attraction that significantly increases the number of visitors.

Employment figures of the municipality of Camariñas in the economic sectors as of March 2015

	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	1493	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	407	27.26
Industry	224	15.00
Construction industry	166	11.12
Service companies	696	46.62
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Galicia , IPI

Attractions

Coastal landscape

Arenal de Trece

• The narrow, winding coastal road from Camelle to Cabo Vilán offers a variety of impressions. It leads along steep cliffs, through forests, open grass and rocky landscapes, past fields and isolated hamlets and for long stretches along the ocean. A significant part of the route is unpaved.
• Immediately after Camelle, a steep cul-de-sac leads down to the fishing village of Arou. It offers a small, sheltered beach with a promenade.
• North of Camariñas on the coastal road is the Arenal de Trece nature reserve ; a natural rock and dune landscape. It is the largest protected area of ​​the Caramiña that gave the place its name. The shrub grows up to a meter tall and has many branches. The small female flowers have three petals, the male flowers are leafless. The fruits are white-pink drupes up to one centimeter thick. They taste bittersweet and are ripe in August. The species is endangered; in the Arenal de Trece is their largest protected area in Galicia. Other plant species that find their livelihood there include pale herbs , fatty hens , autumn daphne , meadow button , rock roses and the endangered dock Rumex rupestris .
• A few hundred meters to the west is the Cemiterio dos Ingleses , the cemetery of the English. There the 172 dead of the English naval training ship HMS Serpent , which failed in 1890, found their final resting place. A memorial is also dedicated to the victims of seven other ship accidents in the immediate vicinity.
• The Cabo Vilán with its lighthouse forms the widely visible, exposed end point of the coastal stretch.

Local beaches

Both local beaches are relatively small, but both have fine, light sand.

• The Praia da Vila is located at the entrance to the village on the inside of the Ría and can be reached via the promenade from the port and the center of the village.
• The Praia Lago Norte Although located in a small bay, but this is on the outside and is facing the open sea. That's why there is stronger surf here. The bay is on the hiking trail that leads from the port to Cabo Vilán.

Museums

Museo do Alemán in Camelle

• The Museo do Encaixe in Camariñas exhibits over 900 patterns and lace pieces of lace, dating back to the 17th century.
• The Museo do Faro at Cabo Vilán shows information about the history of the lighthouses and shipwrecks on the Costa da Morte.
• At the Museo do Alemán on the pier in Camelle are the bizarre sculptures of the hermit and artist Manfred Gnädinger .

Churches

• The Capela de San Xurxo , begun in the 18th century and completed in 1804, is a foundation of a citizen who emigrated to Mexico. The altarpieces are of great artistic interest; the right one was probably painted in the 15th century for a previous building. Also noteworthy are the sculptures by José Ferreiro (1738–1830), one of the most important classical artists in Galicia. They represent Santo Domingo, San Xurxo and the Holy Virgin of the Mountains.
• The Romanesque church of Santa María in Xaviña dates from the 12th century, but has been subject to various modifications over the centuries.

Web links

Commons : Camariñas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} website of the municipality , section Turismo -> Conócenos -> Historia , accessed on November 23, 2014
5. ^ Website of the Mámoa Reira at patrimoniogalego.net , accessed on November 23, 2014
6. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the municipality , section Turismo -> Conócenos -> Economia , accessed on November 23, 2014
7. ↑ Nuestra historia ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Spanish website of Stolt Sea Farm, accessed on November 23, 2014.  
8. ↑ Notice board on site
9. ↑ Website of the municipality , section Turismo -> Sitios a visitar -> Xaviña -> Cemiterio dos Ingleses , accessed on November 23, 2014
10. ↑ Tobias Büscher: Galicia and Jacobsweg. DuMont Travel Guide, Ostfildern 2014, p. 216. ISBN 978-3-7701-7397-6
11. ↑ Website of the municipality , section Turismo -> Sitios a visitar -> Camariñas -> Museo do Faro , accessed on November 23, 2014
12. ↑ Website of the municipality , section Turismo -> Sitios a visitar -> Camariñas -> Capela de San Xurxo , accessed on November 23, 2014
13. ↑ Website of the municipality , section Turismo -> Sitios a visitar -> Xaviña -> Sta. María de Xaviña , accessed November 23, 2014