Sarria

Sarria municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	Lugo
Comarca :	Sarria
Coordinates	42 ° 47 ′ N , 7 ° 25 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 47 ′ N , 7 ° 25 ′ W
Height :	513 msnm
Area :	185.09 km²
Residents :	13,330 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	72.02 inh / km²
Postal code :	27600
Municipality number ( INE ):	27057
administration
Mayoress :	María de Pilar López Yañez
Website :	www.sarria.es

Sarria is a municipality in Galicia ( Spain ) on the edge of the Camino de Santiago . It belongs to the province of Lugo and has 13,330 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

It is of particular relevance for the Camino de Santiago , because it is the last easily accessible city before the 100-kilometer limit. 100 km is the minimum walking distance for pilgrims to reach Compostela .

politics

Results of the municipal council elections

Political party	Seats 2011	Seats 2015
PP	9	7th
PSOE	5	4th
IG	3	1
Bloque Nacionalista Galego	1	2
CxG-CCTT	-	3

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

economy

Employment figures of the municipality of Sarria in the economic sectors 2014
	Employees	Percentage
total	4,636	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	645	13.91
Industry	531	11.45
Construction industry	311	6.71
Service companies	3.149	67.92
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Galicia . IPI

Personalities

Gregorio Fernández (≈1576–1636), sculptor of the Spanish baroque
Ramón López Carrozas OdeM (1937–2018), religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia
Diego López (* 1981), football player

Web links

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

View of the city of Sarria from the Camino de Santiago
Bridge Ponte da Aspera on the Way of St. James shortly after Sarria
"K. 100" - the 100 km mark on the Camino francés near Brea , approx. 11 km behind Sarria
A classic guide to St. James

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 Ministry of the Interior

Navigation bar St. James " Camino Francés "

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[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 Ministry of the Interior