Loxo, Touro
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Loxo
Santa María de Loxo | |
|---|---|
Galician Parish | |
| Loxo | |
 The parish's Church | |
  Loxo | |
| Coordinates: 42°51′30″N 8°20′30″W / 42.8584°N 8.3416°W | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13.35 km2 (5.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 264 m (866 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 368 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) |
Santa María de Loxo is a Galician parish located in the north of the municipality of Touro,[1] in the Galician province of A Coruña, Spain. In 2022, by IGE's data, it had 368 inhabitants (192 women and176 men) distributed throught 18 population entities, which poses an overall population decline from the year 1999, when it had 526 inhabitants.[2]
Geography[edit]
Within its orography the hill of Coto which stands out at 392 m. Loxo has a river, the Pucheiras river, which is a tributary of the Ulla. In Loxo's territory an part of and old open pit mine can be found. It was dedicated to the extraction of Copper, and it is currently owned by a construction company.
The AC-240 runs through Loxo, as well as the municipality of Touro. There are daily buses services between Loxo and Santiago de Compostela.
Economy[edit]
Loxo has transitioned from being mostly centered around faming and agriculture to a residential locality, relying economically on the secondary and tertiary sectors of Santiago de Compostela for a great share of the local income.
Religious architecture[edit]
- Santa María de Loxo parish's Church. Building with a rectangular plant, with a semicircular arched door with moldings and a window in the tribune, with a semicircular arch as well. The belfry is a tower adjacent to the facade. The molded belfry stands out, with highly arched openings and an octagonal tall and arched tempietto, with eight openings and a cupola.[3] This church was previouly owned by the convent of the Dominicos de Santiago.[4][5]
- San Sebastian's Chapel. Rectangular plant Chapel with plastered walls painted white and a gabled roof with Mangalore tiles. In the facade, a straight butted door and a square window in the center. The belfry has two openings to house the bells and is decorated with pyramidal pinnacles finished in a ball. At the top it carries a forged cross. The chapel with this name was previously located at the top of the hill of the Coto de San Sebastián, inside the fortified enclosure of a castro that bears the same name.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "Nomenclátor estatístico de Galicia". www.ige.gal. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ Turismo, Turgalicia/Axencia Galega de (2017-08-28). "IGREXA IGREXA PARROQUIAL DE SANTA MARÍA DE LOXO EN TOURO A CORUÑA". Turgalicia (in Galician). Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ Madoz, Pascual (1847). Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de ultramarar (in Spanish). Establecimiento tipográfico de P. Madoz y L. Sagasti. p. 398.
- ^ "PARROQUIA DE SANTA MARÍA DE LOXO". concellodetouro.webnode.es (in Galician). 1 July 2023.
- ^ Turismo, Turgalicia/Axencia Galega de (2017-08-28). "IGREXA IGREXA PARROQUIAL DE SANTA MARÍA DE LOXO EN TOURO A CORUÑA". Turgalicia (in Galician). Retrieved 2023-07-01.