Rábade or San Vicenzo de Rábade is a town in the northwest of Spain

Spain

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 in the province of Lugo

Lugo (province)

Lugo is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, Pontevedra, and A Coruña, the principality of Asturias, the State of León, and in the north by the Cantabrian Sea .The population is 356,595 , of...

. It is the third smallest municipality in Galicia. Rábade has a population of about 1500 and an area of 5.2 km². It is at an altitude of 400 meters.

Until 1924 Rábade was part of Begonte

Begonte

Begonte, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo....

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Rábade holds market days on the 2nd and 22nd of every month and on those days you can eat a traditional dish: octopus

Octopus

The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...

. It has celebrations on 22 and 23 January and 15 August. The Copa Miño de Piragüismo is a local tourist attraction.

External links

• Concello de Rabade official website