Catoira

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Nickname: "Catoira"
Situation of Catoira within Galicia
Situation of Catoira within Galicia
Parroquias Oeste, Dimo, Catoira, Abalo
Alcalde (Mayor) Alberto Garcia (PSOE)
Area  
 - City 29,1 km²
 - Water  ? km²
Population  
 - City (2005) 3.505 (INE)
 - Density 124.95/km²
  3.636
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Website: http://www.catoira.es

Catoira is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Between the most important celebrations they are: The Romería Vikinga -The first Sunday in August (Declared of Tourist Interest the International), the Supervisory Celebrations - Local of San Antonio de Padua -2º Sunday in July -, during which the famous Gastronomical Celebration "da Solla"(European plaice) is celebrated, also the different parishes celebrate (during the summer) its local celebrations. The most important of these is the Festa da parroquia de Oeste, or Festas de Santabaia, on the second August weekend.Also they are celebrations very important those of San Antonio de Dimo (the first Sunday in July)

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* Official site of the San Antonio Society: culture, Viking Festival, history of the town, viking history...


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