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This smells fishy to me - " The mayor in rural Cortegada (southern Galicia, near the border with Portugal) is offering an abandoned village for free." If the village is abandoned how can it have a mayor??
Ondo Ibili !
It seems that in Spain, as elsewhere in rural areas, you can be mayor of several villages, or as is the case here, mayor of a village and a hamlet. It's even in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortegada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Barca
I think this is a fairly old story (2013? see http://www.cortegada.es/a_barca_prensa.html). However, as I can read only English sources where the info usually comes from another English source which was re-edited and copied one from yet another English source etc - I don't really know what the actual situation was and currently is.
Cortegada (and A Barca) is between two Caminos. To the west it's 50kms to O Porrino on Camino Portugues (a bit more to Tui and Valenca) and to the east 40kms to Ourense on Camino Sanabres.It is marked as "A Barca" on the IGN maps which are accessible online. It is near the river Miño and North West of Cortegada, more or less opposite Surreiro on the other side of the river. The Concello de Cortegada has an information page for A Barca online with a planning map where the hamlet of A Barca is one of the areas marked by red boundaries (I can't see place names on this planning map but it is easy to spot).
I don't know how close it is to any of the Caminos but since there are so many roads now being labelled as Camino there is probably one close by.
PS: When you zoom closely enough into the area on Google Earth, you will see that there are a number of photos for A Barca and surroundings.
Idle fantasizing does not rise to the level of interest. That and needing to convince my wife of the sanity to the idea.If you´re interested why don´t you make an offer?
Ondo Ibili !
Here you have some prices: http://www.aldeasabandonadas.com/venta-de-aldeas.html (web si te in Spanish, but you can use the google translator widget up on the right side to translate itNo prices quoted. Shucks.
It sure does. thank you.Here you have some prices: http://www.aldeasabandonadas.com/venta-de-aldeas.html (web si te in Spanish, but you can use the google translator widget up on the right side to translate it
In Castilla every village (100inhab or even less) has its mayor.
Hi, Anemone,Interestingly, a number of properties directly on the Invierno... Invest and develop,that route...
That is not MR Ackinson's website. Actually this is the website of the original instigator for the project. We know as we appeared on a TV and radio show for him.Here you have some prices: http://www.aldeasabandonadas.com/venta-de-aldeas.html (web si te in Spanish, but you can use the google translator widget up on the right side to translate it
In the NPR article therés a link to a real estate company. You can view the properties for sale. Some are identified as veing on the Invierno, others the Norte.Hi, Anemone,
Where did you see this about Invierno? Any link?
Thanks!
K1
Hi, Anemone,
Where did you see this about Invierno? Any link?
Thanks!
K1
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Loads of nice properties to be found in Galicia without having to pay for the restoration of a whole village.
That's commonly said but it isn't true/accurate. Each municipality has a mayor and many/most municipalities in Castile have just one town/village (some of them with less than 100 and even than 10 inhabitants). However, in Castile, there are also municipalities with more than one town/village. Those municipalities with more than one town/village may have also local mayors. Those local mayors have (some) powers just in the village(s) of which they are local mayors while the mayor of the municipality may have also some powers in those villages with a local mayor (as well as in the rest of the municipality). An example of Castilian municipality with more than one town/village is Valle de Mena. The muncipality of Valle de Mena has more than 100 villages, something like 40 local mayors and the mayor of (all) the municipality.
P.S.: I'm not sure if I explained well-enough the concept of local mayor (alcalde pedáneo or alcaldesa pedánea) but let me know if you need further/more explanations and/or examples.
Yes I know what a alcalde pedáneo is.
But I think that in Castile there are few cases like that one in Valle de Mena.
Wow! thank you. I also saw some here.If you have some spare cash...
http://www.aleteia.org/en/society/a...d-villages-for-sale-in-spain-5785323686592512
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