Cedeira
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| Concello de Cedeira | |||
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| Nickname: "Cedeira" | |||
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| - Alcalde (Mayor) | |||
| Area | |||
| - City | 85.86 km² (33.2 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2004) | |||
| - City | 7,477 | ||
| - Density | 87.08/km² (225.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CET (UTC+2) | ||
Cedeira is a city council of Ferrolterra in North-western Spain in the Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).
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[edit] Port of Cedeira
Fishing port
Sport port
Commercial port
[edit] Parishes
The borough can be divided into several parishes, also known as "Parroquias", which differ from each other in extension, population density, economic activities and levels of development.
[edit] Geography and Climate
- Due to its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, it could be said that Cedeira 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.
- It was a well known fact that the Cariño and Cedeira's shared Coast has some of the Highest Cliffs in Europe; but a not so well known fact about them till recent studies, is that those Cliffs are made out of some of the oldest rocks in the continent. In fact, some scientist working for the British Natural History Museum have just published (2006) in the Official Journal of the Royal Geological Society, that those rocks are about 1,160 million years old (i.e.: the only places in the world where rocks of similar age can be found are South Africa, Canada and Australia).
[edit] Industry and Tourisim
- Fishing, Trawlers from Cedeira travel across the world to distant places like South Africa, Terra Nova in Canada or the Irish Box to get tons of fish. Most of the fish, specially tuna is putted in tin-cans in warehouses locally for later being distributed to different parts of Spain andEurope.
- Farming, Horse Breeding and Timber production, together with services are the main economic activities, and from the late 1980s Cedeira has develop itself as an attractive coastal resort making good use of its natural beauty and wonderful beaches.
- Wind-mill parks are common in Ferrolterra particularly in the boroughs of Carino, Cedeira and A Capela.
- The Medieval Fair of Cedeira For the last few years, Cedeira has been reproducing once a year a little Medieval Fair in one of its main squares. So every July, the Holy Heart of Mary’s Square (also “Plaza del Sagrado Corazón”) dresses itself with all the banners and colours, and smells of the medieval period, and a good number of performers cover the square showing the public how the different artisans, merchants, traders and others performed their activities so many centuries ago. At the same time, the streets will be full of small period theatrical shows together with "Punch and Judy sort of" though Middle Ages puppet plays.
[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
- (Spanish) Site devoted to the art of landscape and nature of Ferrolterra
- (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
- (English) Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority
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| edit | List of Ports and Lighthouses under the Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao [2] |  |
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Port of San Cibrao with four Lighthouses | Port of Alumina Espanola with six Lighthouses | Roncadoira Point with one Lighthouse | Ria and Port of Vivero with seven Lighthouses | Port of O Barqueiro with five Lighthouses | Estaca de Bares Point with one Lighthouse | Santa Marta's Cove and the Ports of Espasante and Carino with four Lighthouses | Candelaria Point with one Lighthouse | Port of Cedeira with four Lighthouses | A Frouxeira Point with one Lighthouse | Cape Prior with two Lighthouses | Ria of Ferrol and the Ports of Ferrol Outer-port, A Grana, Mugardos and Ferrol Inner-port with twenty three Lighthouses |
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Costa Brava | Costa Daurada | Costa del Azahar | Costa Blanca | Costa Cálida |Costa de Granada | Costa del Sol | Costa de la Luz | a Costa do Marisco | Costa Esmeralda | Costa Verde | Costa Vasca |
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