Fontarón

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

Fontarón
Parish
The parish church of Fontarón
Fontarón
Coordinates: 42°55′56.6″N 07°08′54.8″W
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Galicia
Province Lugo
CountyLos Ancares
MunicipalityBecerreá
Area
 • Total11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total47
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Postcode
27698
Area code(s)+34-982
ISO 3166-2ES-LU
Patron SaintHoly Spirit

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]

Celebrities

Enriqueta Otero Blanco Teacher and guerrilla, Galician communist. (1910-1989).[6]

References
  1. "IGE - Instituto Galego de Estatística". web.archive.org (in Spanish). 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. Madoz, Pascual (1847). "Fontarón". Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar (in Spanish). VIII. Madrid, Spain. p. 131.
  3. "Fontarón (Sancti Spiritus)". www.concellobecerrea.es (in Galician). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  4. "Fontarón". Mapcarta (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  5. "O Espírito Santo de Fontarón. Mitos, lendas e contos galegos". galiciaencantada.com (in Galician). Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  6. "Enriqueta Otero Blanco" (in Galician). Galiciadigital.com.


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