O Páramo Explained

O Páramo
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Lugo
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Sarria
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:27363
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Leader Title:Alcalde
Leader Name:José Luis López López
Leader Party:TDP

O Páramo (pronounced as /gl/) is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sarria. It has a population of 1632 persons (1.823 in 2006, 1.858 in 2005, 1.887 in 2004, 1.873 in 2003)[1] and an area of 74.92 km2.

Etymology

The name Paramo comes from the Latinized Paramiensis. The first reference to this name is made on a manuscript dating back to 1078. However, it was only episcopal.[2]

History

The first reference made to Paramo is in the division of the eleven counties and three parishes into which Lugo was divided into at a council lasting from 569 to 572. A slight discussion is made about this council in Xoan Pallares e Gaioso's (1614-1698) book "Argos Divina, Nuestra Señora de los ojos grandes" (Divine Argos, Our lady with the large eyes), which says: "During the Council of Lugo, as said in the archives of the Church, under the reign of Teodomiro, the limits of each county were decided."[3] In Roman times, roughly 170 Christians were killed on a hill in Paramo called Paramo hill[4]

Parishes

Here is a list of all parishes found in Paramo, with their Saint's name or spelling variants in brackets:

External links

Sources

  1. According to The Galician Institute of Statistics (IGE)
  2. [Manuel Rodriguez Lopez]
  3. [Manuel Rodriguez Lopez]
  4. [Manuel Rodriguez Lopez]

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