O Grove

O Grove parish
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	Pontevedra
Comarca :	O Salnés
Coordinates	42 ° 30 ′ N , 8 ° 52 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 30 ′ N , 8 ° 52 ′ W
Area :	21.89 km²
Residents :	10,650 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	486.52 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	36989
Municipality number ( INE ):	36022
administration
Mayor :	José Antonio Cacabelos
Website :	www.turismogrove.com
Location of the municipality

O Grove (official name in Galician language , Spanish El Grove ) is a Spanish municipality in the comarca of O Salnés in the province of Pontevedra , Galicia .

geography

O Grove is a 21.89 km² peninsula which is connected to the Iberian Peninsula by the O Vao headland . On the western side of the isthmus is the beach A Lanzada, made famous by the accident of the tanker Prestige .

O Grove itself is connected to A Toxa Island by a bridge .

Population development

According to the INE, O Grove had 10,650 inhabitants on January 1, 2019 , spread over two so-called parroquias : San Martiño do Grove and San Vicente do Grove . The population density is higher in the coastal areas than in the interior of the peninsula.

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

economy

Atlantic coast near San Vicente do Mar. On the horizon is the island of Isla de Ons in the Islas Atlánticas de Galicia National Park in the Ría de Pontevedra bay. Direction of view: south (2014).

Like many coastal towns, O Grove has been heavily dependent on the sea: inshore fishing and mussel farming have been the main sources of income.

In the recent past, however, the place has experienced a rapidly growing tourist importance; a large number of hotels and restaurants of all price ranges, a golf course and other leisure options have emerged.

Holidays

Festa do Marisco (Seafood Festival), October 12th

Festa do Carme (Feast of Carmen, patron saint of sailors), July 16

San Martiño (Feast of Saint Martin, patron saint of O Grove), November 11th

Xornadas da Centola (Feast of the Spider Crab ), December 6th

Individual evidence

↑ 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).
^ Spanish toponym after the Real Academia Española : Ortografía de la lengua española . Madrid: Espasa, 1999. ISBN 84-239-9250-0 ; "Apéndice 3", pp. 133-155.

Web links

Commons : O Grove - collection of images, videos and audio files

[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] Spanish toponym after the Real Academia Española : Ortografía de la lengua española . Madrid: Espasa, 1999. ISBN 84-239-9250-0 ; "Apéndice 3", pp. 133-155.