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Municipality in Galicia, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Location of Ourol | |
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Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Lugo |
Comarca | A Mariña Occidental |
Government | |
• Alcalde | José Luis Pajón Camba (PSdeG-PSOE) |
Demonym | Ourolense |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 27865 |
Website | Official website |
According to INE, the population in 2009 was 1,157 inhabitants.
With a total area of 145.4 km2, Ourol is divided into eight parishes:[1]
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.
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.
The megalithic culture is characterized by the construction of memorials. In Ourol, the following mounds are recorded:
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