Bueu Explained

Settlement Type:Municipality
Official Name:Bueu
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Pontevedra
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:O Morrazo
Parts Type:Parroquias
Parts Style:para
P1:Beluso (Santa María)
P2:Bueu (San Martín Fuera)
P3:Bueu (San Martín)
P4:Cela (Santa María)
P5:Ermelo (Santiago)
P6:Isla de Ons (San Joaquín)
Governing Body:Concello de Bueu
Leader Title:Alcalde (Mayor)
Leader Name:Félix Juncal Novas (BNG)
Area Total Km2:30.81
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:42.3167°N -55°W

Bueu is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the province of Pontevedra. Bueu belongs to the Comarca of O Morrazo together with Cangas do Morrazo, Moaña and Marín. It is located on the northern edge of the Morrazo peninsula.

Isla de Ons and its small archipelago, part of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park, belong administratively to Bueu.

History

There is evidence of archaeological finds dating back from the Paleolithic period. The forts on the island of Ons, Castrillon (Meiro), Bon (Beluso) and A Cividade are all of the Bronze Age. Subsequently, are the Roman settlements of Pescadoira (recently excavated) and Meiro, with the altar stones dedicated to the Lares road.

Only by the age of the temples in Bueu we can approach the time when it became a parish. It is known that Bueu had a temple before the fourteenth century. In Beluso there is data concerning a cession in 1008. The Church of Cela is from the twelfth century. The old Hermelo priory had a temple in the twelfth century.

Etymology

As for the etymology of Bueu there are various opinions, but believed to be the closest is "marshy terrain".

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