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Encyclopedia > O Vicedo
Concello de O Vicedo
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Situation of O Vicedo within Galicia
Parroquias
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 - Alcalde (Mayor)
Area
 - City 76 km²  (29.3 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - City (INE)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)

['O Vicedo]http://www.concellodovicedo.org/' is a municipality located on the extreme northwestern coast of Galicia, Spain, in the province of Lugo. Image File history File links Situacion_O_Vicedo. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Parroquia is a Population entity typical from Galicia (Spain). ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) Statistics National Institute, is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and spanish society. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ...

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Parishes

It is composed of the following "parroquias" or "freguesias" (parishes):


As Negradas, Cabanas, Mosende, (San Román de) O Val, O Vicedo, Riobarba, Suegos. As Negradas and Ria do Barqueiro San Miguel de As Negradas (O Vicedo)is one of the parishes of the municipality of O Vicedo in Galicia. ... San Paulo de Riobarba is a parish of the municipality of O Vicedo, Galiza. ...


Municipal Division

In the Middle Age the parishes that now compose all the municipality of O Vicedo belonged to different Lords, and were under their jurisdiction (As Negradas, Galdo, Viveiro, etc). As Negradas and Ria do Barqueiro San Miguel de As Negradas (O Vicedo)is one of the parishes of the municipality of O Vicedo in Galicia. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


With the Constitution of 1812 the first municipalities were created. The territory that now occupies the municipality of O Vicedo was divided in to 3 municipalities: As Negradas, Val, and Cabanas. As Negradas and Ria do Barqueiro San Miguel de As Negradas (O Vicedo)is one of the parishes of the municipality of O Vicedo in Galicia. ...


A new municipal division was defined in 1835 when the present territory of the municipality was distributed to the following councils: Galdo (O Vicedo, Negradas and Vale) and Viveiro (Suegos, Mosende, Riobarba and Cabanas). This division lasted only 5 years and in 1840 the municipality of Riobarba appeared, reflected in the Government report on the Province of Lugo which defined the present parishes. In 1952 the Civil Governor of Lugo moved the municipality capital to O Vicedo. San Paulo de Riobarba is a parish of the municipality of O Vicedo, Galiza. ... Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Lugo in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. ...


Government

O Vicedo achieved some national notoriety within Spain during the 1990s when a corruption scandal developed, involving the then mayor Isaac Prado Villapol and other councillors from the Partido Popular (PP). From the left: Mariano Rajoy, Josep Piqué and José María Aznar during the proclamation act of Josep Piqué in September 2003 The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is a large liberal-conservative political party in Spain. ...


Name origin

O Vicedo seems to have its base in the Latin word "vitiates"[citation needed]. Therefore, it can be translated as "the place where the 'vice' abounds". 'Vice' is an annual legume of the Papilionaceae subfamily that abounds in coastal zones all throughout Europe. Subfamilies Faboideae Caesalpinioideae Mimosoideae References GRIN-CA 2002-09-01 The Family Fabaceae (also as Family Leguminosae) is a grouping of plants in the Order Fabales, and one of the largest families of flowering plants with 650 genera and over 18,000 species. ...


Miscellaneous Data

  • Inhabitants: 2228 (2003)
  • Extension: 76 km²


Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

edit Municipalities in Lugo Flag of Galicia

Abadín | Alfoz | Antas de Ulla | Baleira | Baralla | Barreiros | Becerreá | Begonte | Bóveda | Burela | Carballedo | Castro de Rei | Castroverde | Cervantes | Cervo | Chantada | O Corgo | Cospeito | Folgoso do Courel | A Fonsagrada | Foz | Friol | Guitiriz | Guntín | O Incio | Láncara | Lourenzá | Lugo | Meira | Mondoñedo | Monforte de Lemos | Monterroso | Muras | Navia de Suarna | Negueira de Muñiz | As Nogais | Ourol | Outeiro de Rei | Palas de Rei | Pantón | Paradela | O Páramo | A Pastoriza | Pedrafita do Cebreiro | A Pobra do Brollón | Pol | A Pontenova | Portomarín | Quiroga | Rábade | Ribadeo | Ribas de Sil | Ribeira de Piquín | Riotorto | Samos | Sarria | O Saviñao | Sober | Taboada | Trabada | Triacastela | O Valadouro | O Vicedo | Vilalba | Viveiro | Xermade | Xove TBold texthis is a list of the municipalities in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Galicia. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: ? Location Situation of Abadín within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area Total km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population Total (2005)  ? (INE) Metro area {{{population_metro}}} Density  ?/km² Density {{{population_density_mi2}}}/mi² Coordinates Elevation m Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Abad... Coat of arms Alfoz, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Coat of arms Antas de Ulla, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Baleira, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Coat of arms Baralla, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Coat of arms Barreiros, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Becerreá, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Location Begonte, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Bóveda, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Burela, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Carballedo, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Castro de Rei, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: ? Location Situation of Castroverde within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area Total km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population Total (2005)  ? (INE) Metro area {{{population_metro}}} Density  ?/km² Density {{{population_density_mi2}}}/mi² Coordinates Elevation m Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Castroverde is... Cervantes is a municipality in the comarca of Os Ancares, in the province of Lugo, Galicia (Spain). ... Cervo, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Coat of arms Chantada, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... O Corgo, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Cospeito is a municipality in the country of Terra Cha in the Galician province of Lugo. ... Coat of arms Folgoso do Courel is a town and municipality in Lugo in Galicia province in north-west Spain. ... Coat of arms A Fonsagrada is a town and municipality in Lugo in Galicia province in north-west Spain. ... Coat of arms Foz is a town and municipality in Lugo in Galicia province in north-west Spain. ... Coat of arms Friol is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Guitiriz is a municipality of Lugo province. ... Coat of arms Guntin is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Coat of arms O Incio is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Coat of arms Láncara is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Lourenza is a municipality in A Marinha country in the Galician province of Lugo. ... Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Lugo in the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. ... Meira, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Nickname: Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: ? Location Situation of Mondoñedo within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population  ? Total (2005)  ? (INE) Density  ?/km² Latitude  ? Longitude  ? Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Mondoñedo is a small town in Galicia... Monforte De Lemos is a town in Spain in the province of Lugo, seat of the de Lemos clan from approximately 1350 BC to until they moved operations to Florida and Santo Domingo in the 1600s. ... Monterroso is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Muras is a municipality in the province of Lugo, part of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. ... Coat of arms Navia de Suarna is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Negueira de Muñiz is a town in Spanish province of Lugo. ... As Nogais is a town in Spanish province of Lugo. ... Ourol, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Outeiro de Rei is a town located in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Palas de Rei is a town located in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Nickname: Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: ? Location Situation of Pantón within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population  ? Total (2005)  ? (INE) Density  ?/km² Latitude  ? Longitude  ? Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Pantón is a municipality of northwestern Spain... Coat of arms Paradela is a municipality in Lugo province in Galicia in north-west Spain. ... Location of O Páramo in Galicia. ... Pol is a Galician municipality in the Province of Lugo. ... Quiroga is a municipality in the province of Lugo, part of the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. ... Rábadeor San Vicenzo de Rábadeis in the Northwest of Spain in the province of Lugo. ... Ribas de Sil is a town located in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Ribeira de Piquín is a town located in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Riotorto is a town located in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Samos, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Nickname: Motto: {{{motto}}} Official website: ? Location Situation of Sarria within Galicia Government Parroquias  ? Alcalde (Mayor)  ? (?) Geographical characteristics Area km² Land  ? km² Water  ? km² Population  ? Total (2005)  ? (INE) Density  ?/km² Latitude  ? Longitude  ? Time zone CET (UTC+1) Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2) Categories: | | | ... O Saviñao is a town located in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Sober, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Taboada, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Trabada, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Triacastela, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... O Valadouro, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Vilalba, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Xermade, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. ... Xove is a municipality of Galicia, Spain in the province of Lugo. ...


edit List of the Spanish Costas: Spain

Costa Brava | Costa Daurada | Costa da Morte | Costa del Azahar | Costa Blanca | Costa Cálida | Costa de Almeria | Costa de Granada | Costa del Sol | Costa de la Luz | a Costa do Marisco | Costa Esmeralda | Costa Verde | Costa Vasca Image File history File links Escudo_de_España. ... Lloret de Mar, the largest resort in the Costa Brava The Costa Brava is a coastal region of northeastern Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Alt Empordà, Baix Empordà and La Selva, in the province of Girona. ... The Costa Daurada (Costa Dorada in Spanish, Golden Coast in English) is a 216 kilometers long coastline located on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Baix Penedès, Tarragonès, Baix Camp and Baix Ebre. ... Costa del Azahar (Spanish for Orange Blossom Coast) is the name for the coast of the provinces Castellón and Valencia and part of Alicante in Spain, from Alcanar to the Cabo de la Nao. ... Costa Blanca refers to the over 200 kilometres of coastline belonging to the Province of Alicante in Spain, which itself is a comarca of the Land of Valencia. ... The Costa Cálida is the approximately 250 km stretch of Mediterranean coastline of the Spanish province of Murcia. ... The Costa del Sol is a region which comprises the coastal towns and communities in the Málaga province, along the Mediterranean coastline. ... The Costa de la Luz (Coast of Light) is a section of the Spanish coast facing the Atlantic Ocean, extending from Tarifa, at the southernmost tip of Spain, north and northwestward, to the mouth of the Guadiana River. ... A Costa do Marisco, Galician translation of the original Spanish 1950s term given as a label to the entire coast of the Galicia region in Spain. ... Green Spain is the name given to the strip of land between the Cantabrian Sea and the Cantabrian and Basque mountains in northern Spain. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
O Vicedo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (299 words)
O Vicedo is a municipality located on the extreme northwestern coast of Galicia, Spain, in the province of Lugo.
In the Middle Age the parishes that now compose all the municipality of O Vicedo belonged to different Lords, and were under their jurisdiction (As Negradas, Galdo, Viveiro, etc).
O Vicedo achieved some national notoriety within Spain during the 1990s when a corruption scandal developed, involving the then mayor Isaac Prado Villapol and other councillors from the Partido Popular (PP).
O Vicedo, Lugo at AllExperts (351 words)
O Vicedo is a municipality located in the NW coast extreme of the Province of "Lugo", Galiza, Spain.
In 1952 the Civil Governor of Lugo, moved the municipality capital to O Vicedo.
O Vicedo was famous in the 90's for Isaac Prado Villapol who was considered one of the most corrupt rulers in Spain.
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