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Compostela numbers up by 85% on 2009

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Almost 270,000 people made the pilgrimage to Compostela in the Xacobeo 2010, a historic record since it represents 49.9% more than the last Holy Year in 2004 and 84.9% more than in 2009, according to data released by the Archdiocese of Santiago.
This figure exceeds by 89,798 the number of people who finished in Compostela Camino in 2004. In 2009 145,854 people received the Compostela.
The months of January and February recorded the lowest numbers of pilgrims, 1,169 and 1,640, respectively. Over 90% of the pilgrims counted for that office of the Archbishop reported having religious or religio-cultural reasons for walking the Camino de Santiago.

http://spaintrips.net/El-Camino-de-Sant ... rowth/1299
 
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During 2010, 272.313 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 179.944. Of those pilgrims, 120.474 (44,24%) were women and 151.837 (55,76%) men. 238.021 (87,41%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 32.928 (12,09%) by bicicle, 1.320 (0,48%) on horseback, and 42 (0,02%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.

Spanish: 188.179 (69,10%); Most of the pilgrims came from Galicia: 34.119 (18,13%); Madrid: 33.784 (17,95%); Andalucía: 24.776 (13,17%); Cataluña: 20.523 (10,91%); Comunidad Valenciana: 17.167 (9,12%); Castilla León: 13.057 (6,94%); Castilla la Mancha: 8.990 (4,78%); Pais Vasco: 7.160 (3,80%); etc.

Foreigners: 84.134 (30,90%); Most of the pilgrims come from the following countries: Alemania: 14.535 (17,28%); Italia: 14.225 (16,91%); Francia: 9.150 (10,88%); Portugal: 7.789 (9,26%); Estados Unidos: 3.344 (3,97%); Irlanda: 2.299 (2,73%); Brasil: 2.120 (2,52%); Holanda: 2.066 (2,46%); etc.

Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 67.925 (24,94%); Cebreiro: 22.055 (8,10%); Tui: 18.132 (6,66%); S. Jean P. Port: 17.847 (6,55%); Roncesvalles: 13.635 (5,01%); Ponferrada: 12.811 (4,70%); León: 11.694 (4,29%); Astorga: 7.422 (2,73%); etc.

The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 189.398 (69,55%); Portugues-Camino: 34.177 (12,55%); Norte-Camino de: 17.947 (6,59%); Via de la Plata: 14.206 (5,22%); Primitivo-Camino: 7.681 (2,82%); etc.

79.914 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (29,35%), 158.293 were between 30 and 60 years old (58,13%), and 34.106 were aged above 60 years old (12,52%).
 
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My prayer is that they've all done it now and this will be a quiet year on the Camino...

but I'm selfish :lol:
 
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2011 could be busier than 2010. Numbers were down almost everywhere - except for the last 100-200km. General consensus is that most people were afraid of the Holy Year crowds and put off going until this year. :shock:
 
The individual months add to the 272,330 posted for the year. Monthly number for 8 months are different on the Spanish language site!!! In all cases, the numbers were lower on the Spanish total, so maybe updates and corrections were entered for the English totals, but not the Spanish totals. Clearly the databases are different, and the English posting is not just a translation. French, Italian, and German language information are works in progress.
 
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JohnnieWalker said:
To be honest the kindest thing to say is that the Pilgrim Office database and record keeping methods are "still in development". Best to take all figures as an approximation :D

The numbers are close enough to be useful and interesting; as you say, theyre an approximation. They're fine.
 
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The final stats also claim that 1 person arrived by wheelchair.
By July - 26 pilgrims in wheelchairs had been registered.
 

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