sillydoll
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2002 CF: 2004 from Paris: 2006 VF: 2007 CF: 2009 Aragones, Ingles, Finisterre: 2011 X 2 on CF: 2013 'Caracoles': 2014 CF and Ingles 'Caracoles":2015 Logrono-Burgos (Hospitalero San Anton): 2016 La Douay to Aosta/San Gimignano to Rome:
Have you seen the new website for the Pilgrims' Office? It is user friendly, has up-dated information on access to the cathedral, the number of pilgrims who arrive each day, and stats up to April; 2010.
During the month of april 2010, 19.580 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 15.933.
Of those pilgrims, 8.487 (43,35%) were women and 11.085 (56,61%) men. 17.313 (88,42%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 2.055 (10,50%) by bicicle, 202 (1,03%) on horseback, and 2 (0,01%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.
Pilgrims' Age:
5.664 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (28,93%), 11.672 were between 30 and 60 years old (59,61%), and 2.244 were aged above 60 years old (11,46%).
Pilgrims' Motivation:
Religious: 8.773 (44,81%)
Religious and Cultural: 9.446 (48,24%)
Cultural: 1.353 (6,91%)
Starting Points:
Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 5.069 (25,89%); Cebreiro: 2.190 (11,18%); Tui: 1.500 (7,66%); Roncesvalles: 988 (5,05%); Ponferrada: 899 (4,59%); León: 828 (4,23%); S. Jean P. Port: 817 (4,17%); Valença do Minho: 512 (2,61%); etc.
The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 13.643 (69,68%); Portugues-Camino: 3.138 (16,03%); Via de la Plata: 1.105 (5,64%); Norte-Camino de: 792 (4,04%); Ingles-Camino: 431 (2,20%); etc.
During the month of april 2010, 19.580 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 15.933.
Of those pilgrims, 8.487 (43,35%) were women and 11.085 (56,61%) men. 17.313 (88,42%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 2.055 (10,50%) by bicicle, 202 (1,03%) on horseback, and 2 (0,01%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.
Pilgrims' Age:
5.664 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (28,93%), 11.672 were between 30 and 60 years old (59,61%), and 2.244 were aged above 60 years old (11,46%).
Pilgrims' Motivation:
Religious: 8.773 (44,81%)
Religious and Cultural: 9.446 (48,24%)
Cultural: 1.353 (6,91%)
Starting Points:
Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 5.069 (25,89%); Cebreiro: 2.190 (11,18%); Tui: 1.500 (7,66%); Roncesvalles: 988 (5,05%); Ponferrada: 899 (4,59%); León: 828 (4,23%); S. Jean P. Port: 817 (4,17%); Valença do Minho: 512 (2,61%); etc.
The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 13.643 (69,68%); Portugues-Camino: 3.138 (16,03%); Via de la Plata: 1.105 (5,64%); Norte-Camino de: 792 (4,04%); Ingles-Camino: 431 (2,20%); etc.