Ourol Explained

Ourol
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 Occidental
Population Demonym:	Ourolense
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	27865
Area Code Type:	Dialing code
Leader Title:	Alcalde
Leader Name:	José Luis Pajón Camba
Leader Party:	PSdeG-PSOE

Ourol is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Mariña Occidental.

According to INE, the population in 2009 was 1,157 inhabitants.

Location

With a total area of 145.4 km², Ourol is divided into eight parishes:^[1]

Ambosores (Santa María)
Bravos (Santiago)
Merille (Santa Eulalia)
Miñotos (San Pedro)
Ourol (Santa María)
San Pantaleón de Cabanas (San Pantaleón)
O Sisto (Santa María)
Xerdiz (Santa María)

The municipality is bordered by the municipalities of Viveiro and Vicedo to the north, to south by Muras, to the east by Valadouro and to the west by Mañón.

Demography

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History

Paleolithic period

Due to the wealth of remains of later periods such as the Megalithic period or constructed forts, the Paleolithic era has been studied little. However, in 1922, Obermaier, who visited Galicia to collect data for his lectures on prehistory, predicted there was no doubt that the Paleolithic man lived in Galicia during the glacial and interglacial periods. In 1925, the first discoveries of stone industries began. There are many findings in the area of La Guardia and Baiona or Lower Minho. Between the 1960s and 1980s excavations were carried out in the provinces of Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra leading to discoveries of extended Paleolithic and Mesolithic deposits throughout the region. In Ourol the Mesolithic site of Xestido in Miñotos was highlighted as well. Deposits of microlithic industry laminar and microlith geometry were also discovered.

Megalithic culture

The megalithic culture is characterized by the construction of memorials. In Ourol, the following mounds are recorded:

A Veiga in San Pantaleon de Cabanas: hemispherical mound, overgrown, has a large cone of spoliation. There are remnants of a vault or other structures such as perimeter ring. Its dimensions are approximately 12 meters in diameter and 1.30 meters high.
Penido Vello/Huchas de Penido Vello: mound dimensions of about 16 meters, has a maximum height of 130 cm. Presents a megalithic chamber that converses the cover.
Mound 1 de Pena do Toxo
Mound 2 de Pena do Toxo
Mounds de Monte Cristo dos Callós: necropolis formed by seven mounds.

Notes and References

Web site: Decreto 6/2000, de 7 de enero, por el que se aprueba el nomenclátor correspondiente a las entidades de población de la provincia de Lugo.. Boletín Oficial del Estado. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 2 July 2013. https://archive.today/20121205013219/http://www.boe.es/aeboe/consultas/bases_datos/doc.php?id=BOE-A-2000-3745. 5 December 2012. dead.