Settlement Type: | municipality |
Official Name: | Carballeda de Avia |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Coordinates: | 42.3214°N -8.1653°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | O Ribeiro |
Area Total Km2: | 47 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 249 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Luis Milia Méndez |
Leader Party: | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Area Code Type: | INE municipality code |
Area Code: | 32018 |
Carballeda de Avia is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of O Ribeiro. It is located to the west of the province, northwest of Ribadavia off the A-52 road. As of 2012 it had a population of 1487 people. It is a wine-producing area with about 3000 hectares dedicated to vineyards, some of which are at an altitude of .[2] [3] River valleys in the municipality include the Miño, Avia, Arnoia and Barbantiño.