Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Galicia
- Province
- Ourense
- Comarca
- Valdeorras
- Mayor
- Juan Anta Rodríguez ( People's Party )
- Total
- 72.1 km (27.8 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 884 m (2,900 ft)
- Density
- 12.1/km (31.4/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www.aveiga.es
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Official name
- A Veiga
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Ourense
- Population
- 873
- Area
- 290.49
- Elevation
- 874
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- O Barco de Valdeorras
- Official website
- www.aveiga.gal
- Image
- Concello da Veiga.jpg
- Licence plate code
- OU
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- postal code
- 32357
- P8168
- CTF
- Commons category
- A Veiga
- Commons gallery
- A Veiga
- male population
- 452
- female population
- 434
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Encyclopedic overview
A Veiga is a municipality (concello) in the south-east of the province of Ourense in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. At 291 km², it is one of the largest concellos in the province. The capital is the town of A Veiga, also known as A Veiga (Santa María) or Santa María da Veiga to distinguish it from other towns and villages in Galicia of the same name (as the parish Church is Santa María). A Veíga is located 150 km from Ourense. The municipality has a population of 1,273 (2005), and a relatively low and decreasing population density (4.37 people/km²).
It is a mountainous area, including the Pena Trevinca, the tallest peak in Galicia at 2124 m. There are 29 parroquias (parishes).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “A Veiga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.