Salvaterra de Miño
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Salvaterra de Miño
Salvatierra de Miño (Spanish) | |
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 Salvaterra de Miño town hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
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  Salvaterra de Miño Location of Salvaterra de Miño  Salvaterra de Miño Salvaterra de Miño (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 42°04′59″N 08°29′53″W / 42.08306°N 8.49806°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| Province | Pontevedra |
| County | O Condado |
| Established | 1218 |
| Name change | 1916, 1983 |
| Parishes | Alxén, Arantei, Cabreira, Corzáns, Fiolledo, Fornelos, Leirado, Lira, Lourido, Meder, Oleiros, Pesqueiras, Porto, Salvaterra, Soutolobre, Uma, Vilacova |
| Government | |
| • Type | Concello |
| • Body | Concello de Salvaterra de Miño |
| • Mayor | Marta Valcarcel Gómez (PPdeG) |
| Area | |
• Total | 61 km2 (24 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 449 m (1,473 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 9,691 |
| Demonym | salvaterrense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CET) |
| Postal code | 364xx |
| INE code | 36050 |
Salvaterra de Miño[a] is a town and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is situated on the northern bank of the Miño River, which serves as the natural border between Spain and Portugal. Directly across the river lies the Portuguese town of Monção, with which it forms the Monção–Salvaterra de Miño Eurocity.[2] It is also part of the Vigo metropolitan area.
Name
[edit]The town was known as Salvatierra until 1916, when the Spanish government renamed over 500 municipalities to prevent confusion caused by identical names.[3] As part of this effort, the town became Salvatierra de Miño (lit. Salvatierra by the Miño).[4] In 1983, in accordance with the Law of Linguistic Normalisation, the government officially recognised the Galician spelling, Salvaterra de Miño, as the official name in both Galician and Spanish.[5]
People from Salvaterra are known as salvaterrenses.
Geography
[edit]Terrain
[edit]Salvaterra is located in the southern part of the province of Pontevedra, at the confluence of the Caselas and Miño River valleys, and by the natural limits of the Paradanta mountain range.
It borders the municipalities of Salceda de Caselas to the west, Mondariz and Ponteareas to the north, and As Neves to the east, while the Miño River forms its southern boundary.
Administrative divisions
[edit]The municipality of Salvaterra consists of 17 ecclesiastical parishes, known as parroquias. The parishes outside the main town make up the majority of the municipality's 61 km2 land area.
The parishes of Vilacoba and Uma are exclaves.
| Parishes of Salvaterra de Miño | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place name | Population[6] | Land area in km2 | Pop. density per km2 | |
| 1 | Alxén | 665 | 5.6 | 119 |
| 2 | Arantei | 427 | 4.3 | 99 |
| 3 | Cabreira | 437 | 3.8 | 115 |
| 4 | Corzáns | 249 | 1.8 | 138 |
| 5 | Fiolledo | 262 | 2.3 | 114 |
| 6 | Fornelos[b] | 731 | 3.9 | 187 |
| 7 | Leirado | 613 | 4.7 | 130 |
| 8 | Lira | 304 | 3.8 | 80 |
| 9 | Lourido | 138 | 1.6 | 86 |
| 10 | Meder | 433 | 4.0 | 108 |
| 11 | Oleiros | 416 | 3.9 | 107 |
| 12 | Pesqueiras | 493 | 3.9 | 126 |
| 13 | Porto | 225 | 2.4 | 94 |
| 14 | Salvaterra | 4,458 | 7.0 | 637 |
| 15 | Soutolobre | 135 | 2.4 | 56 |
| 16 | Uma | 152 | 3.5 | 43 |
| 17 | Vilacoba | 136 | 2.1 | 65 |
See also
[edit]- Salvatierra, municipality of the same name in the Basque Country, Spain.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Galician pronunciation: [salβaˈtɛra ðe ˈmiɲo]; Spanish: Salvatierra de Miño
- ^ Also known as Fornelos da Ribeira
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Concello de Salvaterra - Eurocidade". www.concellodesalvaterra.com (in Galician). Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ Arrizabalaga, Mónica (2016-07-07). "El día en que más de 500 pueblos de España cambiaron de nombre por decreto" [The day on which more than 500 Spanish towns changed their name by decree]. Diario ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-03-16.
- ^ "Gaceta de Madrid num 184 de 1916. Boletín Ordinario" (PDF). Gaceta de Madrid (in Spanish). Madrid: 14. 1916-07-02.
- ^ "Ley 3/1983, de 15 de junio, de normalización lingüística" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (84). Madrid.
- ^ "Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional". Instituto Nacional de Estadística.
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