Ribeira (A Coruña)

Ribeira municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	A Coruña
Comarca :	Barbanza
Coordinates	42 ° 33 ′  N , 8 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 33 ′  N , 8 ° 59 ′  W
Height :	5  msnm
Area :	68.83 km²
Residents :	26,886 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	390.61 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	E-15960
Municipality number  ( INE ):	15073
Nearest airport :	Santiago de Compostela Airport 82.70 km
administration
Mayor :	Manuel Santos Ruíz Rivas ( PPdeG )
Address of the municipal administration:	Avenida General Franco, S / N 15960 Ribeira
Website :	www.riveira.es
Location of the municipality

Ribeira ( Spanish Riveira ) is a municipality , a parroquia and a place in the autonomous community of Galicia in the province of A Coruña , in the north of Spain . The 26,886 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) live on an area of ​​68.8 km², 141 kilometers from the government capital A Coruña .
Ribeira is also the administrative center of the Comarca Barbanza .

history

As everywhere in Barbanza , remains from the megalithic culture can be found in the municipality of Ribeira . Dolmens and ramparts still bear witness to this today.
The first written mention of Ribeira comes from a church document from 1438.
Over the centuries, the community has repeatedly been the scene of violent attacks by the Vikings , the Saracens and numerous pirates .
King Alfonso XIII issued in 1906, the city charter .

Attractions

• The parish churches of the Parroquias offer an insight into the religious architecture of the region.
• A variety of beaches on the Atlantic
• Axeitos dolmen
• "Castro da CIDA", remains of a Celtic hill fort
• Corrubedo Dunes Natural Park

politics

The democratically elected mayor

Term of office	mayor	Political party
1979-1983	Lisardo Valeiras Bravo	UCD
1983-1987	José Antonio Ventoso Mariño	PSOE
1987-1991	Ricardo Pérez Queiruga	AP
1991-2011	José Luis Torres Colomer	PPdeG
2011 - 20 ..	Manuel Santos Ruíz Rivas	PPdeG

Distribution of seats in the municipal council of Ribeira
Political party	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011
PPdeG	14th	14th	13	11	13
PSOE	4th	3	2	2	3
BNG	3	4th	4th	6th	4th
Other			2	2	1
Total	21st	21st	21st	21st	21st

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economy

Employment figures of the municipality of Ribeira in the economic sectors

	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	7386	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	1463	19.81
Industry	1006	13.62
Construction industry	469	6.35
Service companies	4377	59.26
Others	71	0.96
* Data from the Statistical Institute of Galicia, status 2011 , IPI

Demographics

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Parroquias

Name spanish	Patronage (nickname)	Residents	location	Name spanish	Patronage (nickname)	Residents	location
Castiñeiras	O Bo pastor	1469		Olveira	Santa Maria	1220
Aguiño	Nosa Senora do Carme	2904		Carreira	San Paio	2144
Artes	San Xian	804		Oleiros	San Martiño	1026
Palmeira	San Pedro	2737		Corrubedo	Santa Maria	755
Ribeira	Santa Uxia	14640

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Twin cities

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People (selection)

• Andrés Torres Queiruga (* 1940), Roman Catholic theologian

Web links

Commons : Ribeira  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Weather and climate information from the Spanish Meteorological Institute

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. ↑ Description of the beaches on the municipality's website ( memento of the original from June 26, 2012 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. 
3. ^ Spanish Ministry of the Interior
4. ↑ INE