Fontarón Explained

Fontarón
Blank Info Sec1:ES-LU
Blank Info Sec2:Holy Spirit
Blank Name Sec1:ISO 3166-2
Blank Name Sec2:Patron Saint
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous Community
Subdivision Name1: Galicia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2: Lugo
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Los Ancares
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Becerreá
Area Code:+34-982
Area Total Km2:11
Image Caption:The parish church of Fontarón
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code:27698
Postal Code Type:Postcode
Pushpin Map:Spain
Population Total:46
Population As Of:2030

Fontarón is a parish of the municipality of Becerreá, in Galicia, Spain.

According to the Instituto Galego de Estatística (IGE), in 2014, Fontarón had 51 inhabitants (27 men and 24 women), 13 less than it had in 2004 (33 men and 31 women), and 20 less than it had in 1999. According to the Nomenclátor of the Xunta de Galicia, it has nine entities of population.[1]

Near the middle of the 19th century, Fontarón was recorded as having 219 inhabitants.[2]

The parish have a 11,66 km2[3] the area and 870 m the 870 m.[4]

Myths and legends

The parish church is consecrated to the Holy Spirit. It is said that when the temple was erected, the sculpture of the dove that we can see next to the entrance marched to the place where it had always been, an old chapel nowadays gone. The only way he could stay in the church was to tear down the chapel. It is said that there was also a saint, from the said hermitage, who did the same. In order not to slip, the priest said that the only way he could stay in the church was to offer money to the image.[5]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IGE - Instituto Galego de Estatística. 2019-10-17. Spanish. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191017020001/http://www.ige.eu/web/index.jsp?paxina=001&idioma=gl. 2019-10-17. 2019-10-23.
  2. Book: Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar. Madoz. Pascual. 1847. VIII. Madrid, Spain. 131. ES. Fontarón. Pascual Madoz.
  3. Web site: Fontarón (Sancti Spiritus). www.concellobecerrea.es. Galician. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200530003251/http://www.concellobecerrea.es/portal_localweb/contenedor_ayto_becerrea.jsp?seccion=s_fdes_d4_v1.jsp&tipo=6&contenido=1101&nivel=1400&layout=contenedor_ayto_becerrea.jsp&codResi=11. 2020-05-30. 2019-10-19.
  4. Web site: Fontarón. Mapcarta. es. 2019-10-19.
  5. Web site: O Espírito Santo de Fontarón. Mitos, lendas e contos galegos. galiciaencantada.com. Galician. 2019-08-24.
  6. Web site: Enriqueta Otero Blanco. Galiciadigital.com. Galician.