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Concello de Catoira
Nickname(s): Catoira
Situation of Catoira within Galicia
Parroquias	Oeste, Dimo, Catoira, Abalo
Government
- Alcalde (Mayor)	Alberto Garcia (PSOE)
Area
- Total	29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population (2005)
- Total	3,505 (INE)
- Density	124.95/km2 (323.6/sq mi)
	3636
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CET (UTC+2)

Catoira is a municipality in Galicia (Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula), in the province of Pontevedra.

Local festivals

The most important celebrations include

• the Romería Vikinga -The first Sunday in August (Declared of International Touristic Interest),
• the Supervisory Celebrations
• Feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua -2º Sunday in July -, during which the famous Gastronomical Celebration "da Solla" is celebrated. 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. There are also very important celebrations in honor of San Antonio de Dimo (the first Sunday in July)

External links

• Official council web site: All things about Catoira
• Official web site of the San Antonio Society.(Catoira) (-other webpages:catoira.org/eu))
• Official web about viking festival of Catoira
• Web of the canoeing club "As Torres"
• Ateneo vikingo

Municipalities in Pontevedra Agolada · Arbo · Baiona · Barro · Bueu · Caldas de Reis · Cambados · Campo Lameiro · Cangas · A Cañiza · Catoira · Cerdedo · Cotobade · Covelo · Crecente · Cuntis · Dozón · A Estrada · Forcarei · Fornelos de Montes · Gondomar · O Grove · A Guarda · A Illa de Arousa · Lalín · A Lama · Marín · Meaño · Meis · Moaña · Mondariz · Mondariz - Balneario · Moraña · Mos · As Neves · Nigrán · Oia · Pazos de Borbén · Poio · Ponte Caldelas · Ponteareas · Pontecesures · Pontevedra · O Porriño · Portas · Redondela · Ribadumia · Rodeiro · O Rosal · Salceda de Caselas · Salvaterra de Miño · Sanxenxo · Silleda · Soutomaior · Tomiño · Tui · Valga · Vigo · Vila de Cruces · Vilaboa · Vilagarcía de Arousa · Vilanova de Arousa

Coordinates: 42°40′N 8°43′W / 42.667°N 8.717°W / 42.667; -8.717

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Spanish

Proper noun

Catoira

1. a small village of the Pontevedra province of Spain

External links

• Catoira (in spanish)