Baleira

Baleira
Baleira
Location of Baleira within Spain
Baleira
Baleira (Galicia)
Baleira
Baleira (Province of Lugo)
Coordinates: 43°0′6″N 7°14′21″W / 43.00167°N 7.23917°W / 43.00167; -7.23917
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
ProvinceLugo
ComarcaA Fonsagrada
Area
  Total
168.2 km2 (64.9 sq mi)
Elevation
1,049 m (3,442 ft)
Population
 (2018)
  Total
1,268
  Density7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Websiteconcellodebaleira.es

Baleira is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. In 2002, 1,845 people lived in Baleira. It belongs to the comarca of Fonsagrada. The capital of the municipality is O Cádavo, a name often given by extension to the entire municipality. Its population in 2009 was 1,584 people according to the municipal register of inhabitants.

It is located on the Camino Primitivo path of the Camino de Santiago.