Catoira
municipality
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Catoira Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°40′0″N 8°43′18″W / 42.66667°N 8.72167°W / 42.66667; -8.72167
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Pontevedra
Comarca	Caldas
Government
• Mayor	Alberto García García (PSOE)
Area
• Total	29.1 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	3,349
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Demonym	Catoirenses
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CET)
Website	www.catoira.es

Catoira is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, located in the province of Pontevedra. Catoira is famous for its ruins of the Torres do Oeste (Towers of the West).

Demography

Local festivals

The most important celebrations include:

• the Viking Festival of Catoira, held on the first Sunday in August (Declared of International Tourist Interest),
• the Supervisory Celebrations
• Feast day of Saint Anthony of Padua, held on the second Sunday in July, during which the famous Gastronomical Celebration "da Solla" is celebrated. The local parishes have (during the summer) their own celebrations.
• The most important of these is the Festa da parroquia de Oeste, or Festas de Santabaia, on the second weekend in August. There are also very important celebrations in honor of San Antonio de Dimo (the first Sunday in July)