Pontedeume
Torreón dos Andrade
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Pontedeume Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°24′45″N 08°10′13″W / 43.41250°N 8.17028°W / 43.41250; -8.17028
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	A Coruña
Comarca	Eume
Government
• Mayor	Bernardo Fernández
Area
• Total	29.26 km2 (11.30 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	7,884
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Pontedeume (Galician pronunciation: [ˌponteˈðewmɪ]) is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.

The town was founded ex novo by the town charter of Alfonso X the Wise in 1270. The town is located on the English Way path of the Camino de Santiago.

Industry[edit]

Farming and services are the main economic activities, though from the late 1950s, and particularly from the mid 1970s, Pontedeume has developed into a coastal resort.

Geography[edit]

Parishes[edit]

Pontedeume is divided into 8 parishes: Andrade (San Martiño), Boebre (Santiago), Breamo (San Miguel), Centroña (Santa María), Nogueirosa (San Cosme), Ombre (Santa María), Pontedeume (Santiago) and Vilar (San Pedro).

Demography[edit]

In 1868 and from 1877 to 1890 the territory of Vilarmaior was a part of the municipality of Pontedeume. This explains the pronounced fall in the population between 1877 and 1900.

Notable people[edit]

• Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), Spanish writer, translator

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