O Valadouro Explained

O Valadouro
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:A Mariña Central
Population Demonym:valadourés, -a
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:27...
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Leader Title:Alcalde
Leader Name:Edmundo Maseda Maseda
Leader Party:PSdeG

O Valadouro is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Mariña Central. Its capital is the town of Ferreira. In 2011, it had 2,180 inhabitants according to the INE.

History and heritage

The site of Chao da Cruz is in the plain of Cabalar-A Veiga Blonde, at the foot of the Box O Cadramón. At this site about two thousand mounting tools made of chips of quartz, quartz and rock crystal were found along with prisms and an abundance of remains small in size and barely retouched.

43.3636°N -7.475°W