title: Pontedeume
text: # Pontedeume
  
  Pontedeume (Galician pronunciation:) is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.
  
  The town was founded ex novo by the town charter of Alfonso X the Wise in 1270. The town is located on the English Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
  
  ## Industry
  
  Farming and services are the main economic activities, though from the late 1950s, and particularly from the mid 1970s, Pontedeume has developed into a coastal resort.
  
  ## Geography
  
  ### Parishes
  
  Pontedeume is divided into 8 parishes: Andrade (San Martiño), Boebre (Santiago), Breamo (San Miguel), Centroña (Santa María), Nogueirosa (San Cosme), Ombre (Santa María), Pontedeume (Santiago) and Vilar (San Pedro).
  
  ## Demography
  
  In 1868 and from 1877 to 1890 the territory of Vilarmaior was a part of the municipality of Pontedeume. This explains the pronounced fall in the population between 1877 and 1900.
  
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1877 | 8,610 | — |
  | 1887 | 8,659 | +0.6% |
  | 1900 | 6,097 | −29.6% |
  | 1910 | 6,989 | +14.6% |
  | 1920 | 7,160 | +2.4% |
  | 1930 | 7,576 | +5.8% |
  | 1940 | 8,183 | +8.0% |
  | Year | Pop. | ±% |
  | 1950 | 8,347 | +2.0% |
  | 1960 | 8,395 | +0.6% |
  | 1970 | 8,227 | −2.0% |
  | 1980 | 8,714 | +5.9% |
  | 1990 | 8,817 | +1.2% |
  | 2000 | 8,696 | −1.4% |
  | 2010 | 8,305 | −4.5% |
  
  INE Archiv :
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), Spanish writer, translator
  