O Rosal

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O Rosal municipality
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O Rosal (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Galicia
Province : Pontevedra
Comarca : O Baixo Miño
Coordinates 41 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 56 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  W
Height : 276  msnm
Area : 44.13 km²
Residents : 6,234 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 141.26 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 36770
Municipality number  ( INE ): 36048
administration
Mayor : María del Carmen Alonso Alonso
Website : www.orosal.es
Location of the municipality
Situacion O Rosal.PNG

O Rosal (official name in Galician language ; Spanish El Rosal ) is a Spanish municipality in the comarca of O Baixo Miño in the province of Pontevedra , Galicia .

economy

The economic image of O Rosal is characterized by agriculture, forestry and coastal fishing. The municipality is known for its wines, which are part of the Denominación of the Rías Baixas .

history

Cave paintings from the Paleolithic and traces of the Bronze Age have been found in O Rosal . The so-called Castro culture dominated the region.

During the Middle Ages , O Rosal belonged to the Cistercian monastery of Santa María la Real de Oia .

In 1847 the community was founded, which meant the official split from A Guarda . In 1879 Alfonso XII awarded O Rosal the town charter.

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

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. ^ 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

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