O Grove (alternative spelling: ''Ogrobe'') is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

belonging to the province of

Pontevedra Pontevedra (, ) is a city in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. It is the capital of both the ''Pontevedra (comarca), Comarca'' and Province of Pontevedra, and the capital of the Rías Baixas. It is als ...

, in Galicia, Spain. A peninsula that faces the Atlantic Ocean and the shores of

O Salnés O Salnés is a ''Comarcas of Galicia, comarca'' in the Galicia (Spain), Galician Pontevedra (province), Province of Pontevedra. It covers an area of 275.2 km2, and had an overall population of 114,600 at the 2011 Census; the latest official estimat ...

valley, enclosed by the southern Galician estuaries, the

Rías Baixas The Rías Baixas ( Galician for "Lower Rias") are a series of four estuarine inlets located on the southwestern coast of Galicia, Spain. They are the Ría de Muros e Noia, the Ría de Arousa, the Ría de Pontevedra, and the Ría de Vigo.Me ...

Etymology

The name ''Ogrobe'' is well documented and the following passage in Latin was written about the name of Ograbe: "et ecclesiam Sancti Uincentii in insula Ocobre dextris cum suis." (899, St. Vincent of O Grove). Its original form is Ogrobe, having suffered in more recent times as a result of a completely Galician etymological process. As natural etymological evolution occurred, the segmentation of the initial vowel "O" was confused with the masculine singular article in Galician and is translated as "El" in Spanish .

Geography

It is a small peninsula joined to the mainland by an isthmus known as O Vao, leading to the A Lanzada beach to the west and the wide intertidal marsh complex Umia-O Grove to the east, which connects with the town of

Sanxenxo Sanxenxo (; ) is a municipality in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra (province), Pontevedra. It is situated in the southern part of the O Salnés region 15 kilometres west of the city of Pontevedra and is bordered by ...

. Likewise, in O Grove is the small island of A Toxa which is accessed by a bridge from the early twentieth century.

Demography

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Tourism

O Grove is a town of excellent tourism, with many hotels and campsites. In the parish of San Vicente do Grove, one finds the beaches in this municipality. This is where the tourist zone of San Vicente do Mar and Pedras Negras is found, which, along with the marina and promenade, make this spot a favorite place for bathers.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra {{galicia-geo-stub