Boimorto

Coordinates: 43° 00' 27" N - 8° 07' 37" W. Elevation: 487 m. According to Gonzalo Ramón Navaza Blanco, professor of literature at the University of Vigo, the place name could have its origin in the word bado, which would designate a step not currently used.

[4]The municipality of Boimorto falls within the wet oceanic domain, although in the thermal regimes it presents typical features of the interior.

Besides, the influence of the sea is altered by the relief, particularly by the surface of flattening in which the municipality is circumscribed, pulling by the height of 400 m of altitude.

The temperatures have slight continental nuances, especially in the winter values (6.7º in January), with the summer averages being relatively low (July 18.1º).

[12] The parishes contain the following 189 population entities: The primary sector is represented by animal husbandry, mainly dairy-oriented cattle; although the percentage of beef cows is higher than the regional average, standing at 33%.

[28] In the municipality of Boimorto, unlike many of the town councils in the area, most parishes have suffered the process of land consolidation.

This places the municipality as 4th with less disposable income in the province of La Coruña, just ahead of Toques, Sobrado and Monfero.

[37] Since the Tax Agency publishes statistical information on disposable income, Boimorto has experienced a slight increase in this, going from €13,664 in 2013[38] to €14,902 in 2016.

The CPI (Integrated Public Center) Armando Cotarelo Valledor is a public center, managed by the Xunta de Galicia (Regional Government of Galicia), which offers early childhood education, primary education, and E.S.O., where the students of Sobrado and Vilasantar also attend.

The private residence, called Residencia Nuestra Señora de la Magdalena, is located in the place of Arentía, in the parish of Andabao.

The most outstanding are: Brickyard de Boimil, large-scale installation, which represents the tradition and modernity in the manufacture of tiles and which worked until the late 1990s.

Created by Luz Casal, this festival has brought artists such as: Manolo García, Los Secretos, Rosendo, Kiko Veneno, Men G, Bizarro Love Triangle, Heredeiros da Crus, Love of Lesbian, Social Security, Conchita, Agoraphobia, Total Sinister, Jarabe de Palo, Fito & Fitipaldis, ...

[56] La Conrobla is a traditional music festival held on the first weekend of July, and the Santiaguiños Folkloric Association has been organizing this event since 2005.

In the Middle Ages, linked to the Monastery of Sobrado dos Monxes, by Boimorto passed the North Road that according to some authors is the oldest Jacobean route and in times more crowded than the French Way.

From there, the road passes through the parishes of Boimil and Boimorto, where pilgrims have the option of continuing towards Pedrouzo, in the municipality of O Pino, or walking in the direction of Arzúa.

The first of the options takes them through the CP-0603, passes through the parishes of Brates and Mercurín, and flows into the place of A Mota, in the town hall of Arzúa.