Ourense Province

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Ourense
Galicia ,  Spain
Coat of arms of the Province of Ourense
coat of arms 		Flag of the Ourense Province
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Designations
Galician name : Ourense
Spanish name : Orense
Basic data
Autonomous Community : Galicia
Capital : Ourense
Official languages : Spanish , Galician
Area : 7,273 km²
Residents : 307,651 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 42.3 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : ES-OR
Website : www.depourense.es
Location of the Province of Ourense
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The Spanish province of Ourense is part of the Autonomous Region of Galicia . The province occupies the south-eastern part of Galicia. The capital of the province is the city of the same name, Ourense . The population of the province is 307,651 (2019), of which about 30% live in the provincial capital.

geography

The province borders on the province of Pontevedra to the west, the province of Lugo to the north, and the Castilian provinces of León and Zamora to the east . The south of the province borders Portugal . The province of Ourense covers an area of ​​7,273.12 km² and is the only province in Galicia with no direct access to the sea.

Administrative division

The province is divided into 92 municipalities . Apart from the provincial capital, Verín , Ribadavia , Allariz, A Rúa, O Carballiño and Xinzo de Limia are the most important municipalities.

Population development of the province

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Largest communities

As of January 1, 2019

local community Spanish name Residents
Ourense Orense 105.233
Verín Verín 13,723
O Carballiño Carballino 14,027
O Barco de Valdeorras Barco de Valdeorras 13,395
Xinzo de Limia Xinzo de Limia 9,715
Barbadás Barbadás 11,037
O Pereiro de Aguiar Pereiro de Aguiar 6,275
Allariz Allariz 6,188
Celanova Celanova 5,649
Ribadavia Ribadavia 5,024

Web links

Commons : Province of Ourense  - 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).