Tui (Galicia)
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Tui with the Santa María Cathedral
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Galicia | |
Province : | Pontevedra | |
Coordinates | 42 ° 3 ′ N , 8 ° 39 ′ W | |
Height : | 44 msnm | |
Area : | 68.3 km² | |
Residents : | 16,701 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 244.52 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 36700 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 36055 | |
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Website : | www.concellotui.org |
Tui ( Spanish Tuy ) is a Spanish border town to Portugal in the south of the autonomous region of Galicia . On the Galician side, it forms the most important border crossing with Portugal. The border runs in the Rio Miño River , on the right bank of which the city lies.
Tui is the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Tui-Vigo .
politics
Political party | Seats 2011 | Seats 2015 |
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PP | 9 | - |
PSOE | 2 | - |
AT | 3 | - |
Bloque Nacionalista Galego | 2 | - |
C.XXI | 1 | - |
history
During the construction of a road, traces of human settlement from the Stone Age ( Old Palaeolithic ) were found.
During the Visigoth period , their king Witiza resided in Tui at the beginning of the 8th century . At the beginning of the 11th century, the city was attacked by the Vikings .
Population development of the municipality
economy
Employees | Percentage | ||||
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TOTAL | 5,255 | 100 | |||
Agriculture, livestock and fishing | 101 | 1.92 | |||
Industry | 1158 | 22.04 | |||
Construction industry | 505 | 9.61 | |||
Service companies | 3491 | 66.43 | |||
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Galicia , IPI |
Attractions
Tui has a beautiful old town, various churches, monasteries and museums such as:
- Santa María Cathedral
- San Bartolomé de Rebordáns
- Santo Domingo Monastery
- San Francisco Church
- San Telmo Chapel
- Poor Clare Monastery
- Diocesan Museum
Important buildings, such as the former municipal theater, have fallen into disrepair. For the most part, the old town still makes a very well-kept impression.
On the opposite side of the border river Miño lies - enclosed in the large bastion - the corresponding Portuguese border town Valença .
traffic
Tui is connected to the Spanish highway network via the Autovía A-55 and the Autopista AP-9 . Tui is also connected to the Spanish rail network.
Town twinning
In April 2013, the town twinning agreement was signed with the Westphalian city of Versmold . Versmold, with around 21,500 inhabitants, belongs to the Gütersloh district .
Born in Tui
- Francisco Sanches (1550–1623), philosopher and doctor
- José Calvo Sotelo (1893–1936), politician and minister
- Gustavo Rodríguez (* 1979), cyclist
Web links
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
← Previous location: Valença 5 km | Way of St. James "Camino Portugués" | Next town: O Porriño 17 km → |