O Ézaro (Santa Uxía)
Nickname: 
Ézaro
Location of Dumbría municipality (which Ézaro is part of) within Galicia
Location of Dumbría municipality (which Ézaro is part of) within Galicia
Government
 • Alcalde (Mayor)José Manuel Pequeño Castro (Municipality of Dumbría)
Area
 • Total13.2 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)[1]
 • Total600
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Ézaro (officially known as O Ézaro (Santa Uxía)[2]) is a parish part of the municipality of Dumbría, in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia of northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Fisterra. It had a population of 600 inhabitants [1] in 2019.

Geography

It is the only parish of the Dumbría municipality bordering the sea, the Atlantic Ocean. It is 100 kilometres away from A Coruña and it is located in the region called Costa da Morte.

The area of the parish is 13.2 km². It is crossed by the river Xallas, which flows into the sea in the waterfall called Fervenza do Ézaro. Nowadays the water flows permanently by the waterfall, while years ago it only happened during weekends (when the floodgates of the upstream dam were opened). Near the waterfall, it is located the Museum of the Electricity [3] and the start of the road climb to Mirador de Ézaro .

The main urban area has a landscaped promenade bordering its blue flag-awarded beach[4] of fine sand called Praia do Ézaro.

Populated entities

Related hamlets within this parish:[2]

  • Cancelo, O
  • Castelo, O
  • Covas, As
  • Estrada, A
  • Ézaro, O
  • Finsín
  • Lagoelas, As
  • Laxe, A
  • Lombiño, O
  • Pena, A
  • Río do Barco
  • San Crimenzo
  • Santa Uxía
  • Santo, O

Demography

Festivals

Its Summer Festival (A festa da praia) is celebrated in August.

View from the viewpoint Mirador de Ézaro.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Municipal Register of Spain 2019. INE. Retrieved on 2 November 2020
  2. 1 2 "Decreto 189/2003, do 6 de febreiro, polo que se aproba o nomenclátor correspondente ás entidades de poboación da provincia da Coruña" (PDF). Toponimia.xunta.gal (in Galician). Spain. 25 March 2003. p. 3633. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Xunta de Galicia. Información Turística de Galicia (2016). "CENTRO DE INTERPRETACIÓN DE LA ELECTRICIDAD DE ÉZARO". www.acostadamorte.info (in Spanish). Spain: Portales Verticales, S.L. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Foundation for Environmental Education (2019). "Ézaro. Spain - Beach". www.blueflag.global. Spain. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

42°54′43″N 9°07′57″W / 42.91194°N 9.13250°W / 42.91194; -9.13250

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