Rianxo is a port town and municipality in the autonomous community of

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in northwestern

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in the

province of A Coruña The province of A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical en, link=no, Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the At ...

. It has a population of a little over 15,000 and its two main industries are fishing and tourism. The town's yearly celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe is popular with tourists. Rianxo was the birthplace of several influential Galician writers, including Paio Gómez Chariño ^gl,

Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio Pérez Sánchez (July 12, 1900 – January 28, 1930), better known as Manuel Antonio, was a Galician poet. He was honoured on Galician Literature Day Galician Literature Day ( gl, Día das Letras Galegas) is a public holiday o ...

, Alfonso R. Castelao and

Rafael Dieste Rafael Dieste (Rianxo, 1899–Santiago de Compostela, 1981) was a Galician poet, philosopher, short-story writer, and dramatist writing mostly in Galician language, but also in Spanish language. He began to write with the encouragement of another ...

List of parishes

It has 6 ''parroquias'' ^gl * O Araño ^gl * Asados ^gl * Isorna ^gl *

Leiro Leiro is a municipality in province of Ourense Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the ...

^gl * Rianxo ^gl * Taragoña ^gl

References

External links

web page of the municipality of Rianxo Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña Our Lady of Guadalupe {{galicia-geo-stub