As Ermidas (Ourense)
Population and land uses
Population
A total of 185 municÃpios they are found, totally or partially integrated (in a considerable part), in the area of the hydrographic basin. Of them, ,they are Portuguese, belonging to the district of Viana do Castelo, and 179 are Spanish, belonging to the Galician provinces of Lugo, Ourense and Pontevedra and to the Castilian-Leonese provinces of Leon and Zamora.
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According to data fromNational Institute of Statistics of Spainand theNational Statistical Institute of Portugal, for the year 2018, a total of870,645 inhabitants are included within the hydrographic basin. Of these, 419.409 are men and 451.236 are women (sex ratio: 0.93). Theaverage population density is 57.67 inhabitants/km2.
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The municipalities with the most inhabitantsThey are Ourense (105,505 inhab.), Lugo (98,025 inhab.) and Ponferrada (65,239 inhab.). The eastern municipalities of Ourense and the Castilian ones of León and Zamora are the least populated, such as Castillo de Cabrera (León, 122 inhab.), PÃas (Zamora, 123 inhab. .) or Porto (Zamora, 165 inhabitants). On the other hand, the international area is, in general, the most populated.
In terms of population density, the characteristics are similar: the highest densities are found in the area of the international basin, in the inland capitals and their surroundings, and in the regional capitals such as Ponferrada. In population density: Ourense (1,247.8 inhab/km2), A Guarda (474 inhab/km2) and Barbadás (362.2 inhab/km2). The lowest population densities are located in the eastern part of the basin., highlighting the Zamoran municipalities of Porto (0.8 inhab/km2) and Castillo de Cabrera (1.1 inhab/km2) and the Leonese Murias de Paredes and CandÃn, both with a density of 2 inhabitants/km2.
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In the relationship of the sexes, highlights that, in the eastern part of the basin, there is a higher proportion of men than women (sex ratio> 1.1). El area de la basin international, the north of Lugo and the central area of the basin have, in general terms, a higher proportion of women than men, being Melgaço the most outstanding municipality with a ratio of 0.77 (men/women).
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Sources:
Land uses - CLC18
The projectCORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) Land Cover,Also known by the acronym CLC, it is a thematic mapping of land cover and use in the European Union produced from the photo-interpretation of satellite images (remote sensors). The project is directed by the European Environment Agency (EEA for its English acronym) and began in 1987. Its objective is to facilitate decision-making in terms of territorial policy. Group the uses of the soil at 3 different levels. The first of them distinguishes between artificial surfaces (1XX), agricultural areas (2XX), forest and wooded areas (3XX), wetlands (4XX) and bodies of water ( 5XX).
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In the hydrographic basin of the Miño The groups of Forest and Wooded Areas (3XX) and Agricultural Areas (2XX) especially stand out.
The most abundant class, with almost 24% of the total, is 322-Heathland and scrub, followed by 311-Hardwood forest with 22%. These classes are followed by 242-Crop Mosaics (15.1%), 312-Coniferous Forests (8.4%), 324-Transitional Wooded Scrub (8%), 243 -Agricultural land, with areas of natural vegetation (6.4%), 313-Mixed forest (4.5%) and 321-Natural grasslands (3.3%). The other classes barely exceed 1% representation.
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