Province of Pontevedra

The province of Pontevedra is a province of Spain, located in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, the country of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public institution named the Provincial Deputation of Pontevedra, whose head office is in Pontevedra city, that provides direct services to citizens such as technical, financial and technological support to the councils of the 61 municipalities of the province of Pontevedra.
As of 2024, the population of the province is 947,869, of which 8% live in the capital, the city of Pontevedra, and 31% in Vigo.

Geography

Pontevedra is cut in two parts by the Lérez River. Most of the major tourist attractions in Pontevedra are to the south of the river. Pontevedra features many historical buildings, monuments, and churches.
Much of the Rías Baixas Denominación de Origen is located in the province. The province similarly shares the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park with neighbouring A Coruña province. This region contains the Galician islands of Ons, Cies, Sálvora and Cortegada.

The province has an oceanic climate with warm and relatively dry summers and cool and very wet winters.

As of 2024, the province's capital, Pontevedra, with a population of 83,106 is not the largest city of its province; the largest municipality is Vigo with a population of 295,523. The other largest municipalities with a population over 20,000 are Vilagarcía de Arousa, Redondela, Cangas, Marín, Ponteareas, O Porriño, Lalín, and A Estrada.

As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 99,712, equal to 10.5% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Venezuelans, Colombians, Brazilians, Portuguese and Argentinians.