Riós is a municipality in the

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province of

Ourense Ourense (; es, Orense ) is a city and capital of the province of Ourense, located in the autonomous community of Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is on the Camino Sanabrés path of the Way of St James ( Camino de Santiago), and is crossed by t ...

, in the autonomous community of

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. It has a population of 2032 (Spanish 2006 Census) and an area of 114 km².

Bibliography

* Xosé Lois Foxo. Cancioneiro das Terras do Riós, Vol. I. Diputación Provincial de Ourense, 2007. * R. Otero Pedrayo, Historia de Galiza, Ed. Nos, 1962 * Xerardo Dasairas Valsa. Crónicas rexiomontanas, Mancomunidade de Concellos da Comarca de Monterrei, 1999 * Xerardo Dasairas Valsa. O Entroido en Terras de Monterrrei. Edicións do Cumio, 1990. * Pedro González de Ulloa. Descripción de los Estados de la Casa de Monterrey en Galicia (1777). CEG, anexo IV 1950 * Fernando Cabeza Quiles. Os Nomes de Lugar. Ed. Xerais, 1992

References

* Riós photos: http://www.pueblos-espana.org/galicia/orense/rios/ * Castrelo de Cima page: http://castrelos.blogia.com/ * Castrelo de Abaixo photos: http://castrelodeabaixo.blogspot.com/ Municipalities in the Province of Ourense {{Galicia-geo-stub

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