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Pontevedra
City
Rounded Pilgrims Church and Ravachol Parrot
Currents Bridge
St. Mary Basilica
Pontevedra city
Flag of Pontevedra
Flag
 Coat of arms of Pontevedra
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Pontevedra boa vila (The good town of Pontevedra)
Location of the municipality of Pontevedra within Galicia
Location of the municipality of Pontevedra within Galicia
Pontevedra is located in Spain
Pontevedra
Pontevedra
Location in Spain
Country  Spain
Region Galicia
Province Pontevedra
County Pontevedra
Parishes Alba, Bora, O Burgo, Campañó, Campolongo, A Canicouva, Cerponzóns, Lérez, Lourizán, Marcón, Monteporreiro, Mourente, Ponte Sampaio, San Bartolomé de Pontevedra, Santa María de Pontevedra, A Virxe do Camiño de Pontevedra, Salcedo, Santa María de Xeve, Tomeza, Verducido, Xeve
Government
 • Type Mayor-council
 • Body Concello de Pontevedra
Area
 • Total 118.3 km2 (45.68 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (2018)
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 • Density 701.0/km2 (1,815.5/sq mi)
Demonym(s) pontevedrés (m), pontevedresa (f)
lerense
teucrino (m) teucrina (f)
Time zone CET (GMT +1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (GMT +2)
Postcode
36001-36164
Area code(s) +34 986 / 886
ISO 3166-2 ES-PO
Website City of Pontevedra

Pontevedra is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the Comarca (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rias Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality which is, in fact, often considered as an extension of the actual city.

In 1999, Pontevedra pedestrianized its 300,000 square meter medieval center by banning all but the essential automobile traffic. Pontevedra's car free center helped transform it into one of the most accessible cities, leading to awards for its urban quality: the international European prize, "Intermodes" in Brussels in 2013, the United Nations Habitat prize in Dubai in 2014 and the "Excellence Prize" of the Center for Active Design in New York City in 2015.

Surrounded by hills, the city is located on the edge of an estuary at the mouth of the river Lérez by the sea, at the bottom of the Ría de Pontevedra, in the heart of the Rías Baixas. An economic centre and tourist destination, with a population of 82,946, it is at the head of an urban area around its Ria of more than 200,000 inhabitants comprising the municipalities of Poio, Marín, Sanxenxo, Bueu, Vilaboa, Cotobade, Ponte Caldelas, Barro and Soutomaior.

Pontevedra is the second city in Galicia for its rich heritage, only after Santiago de Compostela. A city of art and history, the city is known as "The Good City" or "The City of the Lérez". Pontevedra is the seat of the General provincial Council and the provincial district court as well as the provincial police station and the provincial administrative offices. The city is an important stopover on the Portuguese Way path of the Camino de Santiago that bears witness to the circular church of the Pilgrim's Virgin with a floor plan in the shape of a scallop shell.

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