Cabanas, Galicia

Cabanas 43°25′10.57″N, 8°10′20.64″W is a borough of Ferrolterra in North-western Spain in the Province of A Coruña, an autonomous community of Galicia. It has an area of 30.2 km², a population of 3,368 (2004 estimate) and a population density of 111.52 people/km². Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).

One of the main features of Cabañas is the beach

1 Beach of Cabanas
2 Climate
3 History
4 Nature and Tourism
5 Industry
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Beach of Cabanas

Sport port

[edit] Climate

Due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, it could be said that Cabanas does not enjoy extreme oscillation in its weather conditions neither in winter nor in summer. The weather is mild all the year around almost as if we were talking about one only season, and that is very different to what happens in other parts of the Iberian Peninsula. Like the rest of Galicia, it is rainy and beautifully green. Still, the summers tend to be a bit dryer than the winters.

[edit] History

Very important and rich history. During the Middle Ages Pontedeume which included Cabanas was one of the most important boroughs of the Andrade Family which was particularly strong in Ferrolterra though for some centuries was the most powerful in Galicia. [1]

[edit] Nature and Tourism

Cabañas' wonderful Pine trees by the beach

The "Fragas" of the River Eume National Park with its typical Atlantic Forest, and unique ecosystem and biodiversity, offers the visitor one of the most beautiful Galician landscapes. (Declared National Park in 1997).

[edit] Industry

The major sectors are tourism (from 1950s and in particular from the early 1970s), farming, Agriculture and services, though tourism is predominantly seasonal concentrating itself predominantly in the summer months.

[edit] See also

Andrade Pontedeume is famous for the "Castles" of the Andrade family who became very powerful in the area during the middle Ages.
Francisco Franco (Spanish Head of State 1936-1975) signed his novel Raza (Race) as Jaime de Andrade (1942), using part of his mother's (Pilar Bahamonde Pardo de Andrade) maternal surname.
Ferrolterra altogether is connected to the Andrade Family, and Pontedeume was one of its most important boroughs in the Middle Ages.

[edit] External links

(English) NAVANTIA Spanish Company, Leader in Military Shipbuilding
(English) Green Tourism in Northern Spain 2005
(English) Traveller's Guide of Europe: Ferrol c.1919
(English) Ferrol Maritime Province - Registration Ensign 2001
(Spanish) Warships of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)
(Spanish) Damian Cosme de Churruca y Elorza (1761-1805)
(English) Vessels Blockading various French and Spanish ports - May 1805.
(English) Auxiliary Oiler and replenishment ship (Spanish and Dutch project) made in Ferrol 1994
(English) Offshore Patrol Helicopter Carrier design and made in Ferrol 1997
(English) Offshore Technology design and made in Ferrol 2004
(Spanish) Official web-page in Spanish for the C.I.S.- Ferrol
(Spanish) The 19th Group of Boy Scouts of Ferrol since 1920s
(Spanish) Official Web-page in Galician and Spanish for City Council of Ferrol
(Spanish) News-page in Spanish for the metropolitan area of Ferrol (i.e.: Ferrolterra)
(Spanish) Informative Council Web-page in Spanish about Ferrolterra also known as Comarca de Ferrol
(Spanish) The "Revista Naval" page published in Ferrol in Spanish for the "Armada Española"
(English) Aerial Views of Ferrol in North Western Spain 2004

edit	City Councils of the three Regions of Ferrolterra.
FERROL - Ares\| Fene \| Ferrol \| Moeche \| Mugardos \|Narón \| Neda \| Cedeira \| San Sadurniño \| As Somozas \| Valdoviño EUME - Cabanas \| A Capela \| Monfero \| Pontedeume \| Vilarmaior \| As Pontes de García Rodríguez ORTEGAL - Cariño \| Cerdido \| Mañón \| Ortigueira

edit	Municipalities of A Coruña
Abegondo \| Ames \| Aranga \| Ares \| Arteixo \| Arzúa \| A Baña \| Bergondo \| Betanzos \| Boimorto \| Boiro \| Boqueixón \| Brión \| Cabana de Bergantiños \| Cabanas \| Camariñas \| Cambre \| A Capela \| Carballo \| Cariño \| Carnota \| Carral \| Cedeira \| Cee \| Cerceda \| Cerdido \| Cesuras \| Coirós \| Corcubión \| Coristanco \| A Coruña \| Culleredo \| Curtis \| Dodro \| Dumbría \| Fene \| Ferrol \| Fisterra \| Frades \| Irixoa \| A Laracha \| Laxe \| Lousame \| Malpica de Bergantiños \| Mañón \| Mazaricos \| Melide \| Mesía \| Miño \| Moeche \| Monfero \| Mugardos \| Muros \| Muxia \| Narón \| Neda \| Negreira \| Noia \| Oleiros \| Ordes \| Oroso \| Ortigueira \| Outes \| Oza dos Ríos \| Paderne \| Padrón \| O Pino \| A Pobra do Caramiñal \| Ponteceso \| Pontedeume \| As Pontes de García Rodríguez \| Porto do Son \| Rianxo \| Ribeira \| Rois \| Sada \| San Sadurniño \| Santa Comba \| Santiago de Compostela \| Santiso \| Sobrado \| As Somozas \| Teo \| Toques \| Tordoia \| Touro \| Trazo \| Val do Dubra \| Valdoviño \| Vedra \| Vilarmaior \| Vilasantar \| Vimianzo \| Zas

edit	Roman Catholic Church - The five Dioceses of Galicia [2]
Diocese of Ourense \| Diocese of Tui-Vigo \| Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela \| Diocese of Ferrol-Mondoñedo \| Diocese of Lugo

edit	Galician Regions
Allariz - Maceda \| Los Ancares \| Arzúa \| La Baja Limia \| El Bajo Miño \| El Barbanza \| La Barcala \| Bergantiños \| Betanzos \| Caldas \| El Carballiño \| Chantada \| El Condado \| A Coruña \| El Deza \| El Eume \| Ferrol \| Finisterre \| La Fonsagrada \| La Limia \| Lugo \| La Mariña Central \| La Mariña Occidental \| La Mariña Oriental \| Meira \| El Morrazo \| Muros \| Noya \| Órdenes \| Ourense \| Ortegal \| La Paradanta \| Pontevedra \| Quiroga \| El Ribero \| El Salnés \| Santiago \| El Sar \| Sarria \| Tabeirós - Tierra de Montes \| La Terra Chá \| La Tierra de Caldelas \| La Tierra de Celanova \| La Tierra de Lemos \| La Tierra de Mellid \| La Tierra de Soneira \| La Tierra de Trives \| La Ulloa \| Valdeorras \| Verín \| Viana \| Vigo \| El Xallas