Bueu

Concello de Bueu

municipality

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Situation of Bueu within Galicia

Coordinates: 42°19′N 8°47′W / 42.317°N 8.783°WCoordinates: 42°19′N 8°47′W / 42.317°N 8.783°W

Parroquias

Government

• Alcalde (Mayor)

Félix Juncal Novas(BNG)

Area

• Total

30.81 km² (11.90 sq mi)

Population (2004)

• Total

12,483

• Density

405.16/km² (1,049.4/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CET (UTC+2)

Website

www.concellodebueu.org

Bueu is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the province of Pontevedra. Bueu belongs to the local region of O Morrazo together with Cangas do Morrazo, Moaña and Marín. It is located on the northern edge of the Morrazo peninsula. Its area is about 31 km² and a population of around 13,003 inhabitants.

Vila de Bueu

History

There is evidence of archaeological finds dating back from the Paleolithic period. The forts on the island of Ons, Castrillon (Meiro), Bon (Beluso) and A Cividade are all of the Bronze Age. Subsequently are the Roman settlements of Pescadoira (recently excavated) and Meiro, with the altar stones dedicated to the Lares road.

Only by the age of the temples in Bueu we can approach the time when it became a parish. It is known that Bueu had a temple before the fourteenth century. In Beluso there is data concerning a cession in 1008. The Church of Cela is from the twelfth century. The old Hermelo priory had a temple in the twelfth century.

Etymology

As for the etymology of Bueu there are various opinions, but believed to be the closest is "marshy terrain".

External links

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Municipalities in the province of Pontevedra

Agolada Arbo Baiona Barro Bueu Caldas de Reis Cambados Campo Lameiro Cangas A Cañiza Catoira Cerdedo Cotobade Covelo Crecente Cuntis Dozón A Estrada Forcarei Fornelos de Montes Gondomar O Grove A Guarda A Illa de Arousa Lalín A Lama Marín Meaño Meis Moaña Mondariz Mondariz – Balneario Moraña Mos As Neves Nigrán Oia Pazos de Borbén Poio Ponte Caldelas Ponteareas Pontecesures Pontevedra O Porriño Portas Redondela Ribadumia Rodeiro O Rosal Salceda de Caselas Salvaterra de Miño Sanxenxo Silleda Soutomaior Tomiño Tui Valga Vigo Vila de Cruces Vilaboa Vilagarcía de Arousa Vilanova de Arousa

List of the Spanish Costas

Costa de Almería Costa del Azahar Costa Blanca Costa Brava Costa Cálida Costa Daurada Costa Tropical Costa de la Luz Costa do Marisco Costa da Morte Costa del Sol Costa Verde

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