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Baleira is a municipality in the province of
Lugo Lugo (, ) is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is the capital of the Lugo (province), province of Lugo. The municipality had a population of 100,060 in 2024, ...
, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. In 2002, 1,845 people lived in Baleira. It belongs to the
comarca A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...
of Fonsagrada. The capital of the municipality is O Cádavo, a name often given by extension to the entire municipality. Its population in 2009 was 1,584 people according to the municipal register of inhabitants. It is located on the
Camino Primitivo The Primitive Way (also called Original Way, ) is one of the paths of the Camino de Santiago. It begins in the old Asturian capital of Oviedo and runs west to Lugo and then south to Santiago de Compostela joining the more popular French Way in ...
path of the
Camino de Santiago The Camino de Santiago (, ; ), or the Way of St. James in English, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tra ...
.


Economy

Baleira has always lived on livestock and agriculture. Livestock is a basic pillar of the economy of the municipality for different areas. In the valley area of Eo there are predominantly dairy cows so this area has an important part in milk production in the province of Lugo. In the most mountainous area of the municipality, the most usual Galician cow is called the blonde or ''la llamada rubia Gallega'' in Spanish. This area specializes in the production of meat and although there are very few sheep they are also important to the economy. With respect to agriculture, this is usually subsistence. Families practice agriculture for their own benefit, with no large holdings of said activity.


Civil parishes

* A Braña (San Miguel) * Córneas (Santiago) * Cubilledo (Santiago) * A Degolada (San Lourenzo) * A Esperela (San Pedro) * A Fontaneira (Santiago) * Fonteo (Santa María) * A Lastra (San Xoán) * Librán (Santa Mariña) * Martín (Santiago) * Pousada (San Lourenzo) * Retizós (Santa María Madanela)


Famous persons

* Manuel Portela Nogueira (lawyer)


See also

* List of municipalities in Lugo


References

Municipalities in the Province of Lugo {{Galicia-geo-stub