Forcarei

Forcarei is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

Location

The municipality of Forcarei occupies the northern part of the province of Pontevedra. Bordered on the east by the municipality of Lalín, which separates the mountains of O Testeiro and the Sierra de O Candán. On the north and northest section it joins with the neighboring lands of Silleda, and the northwest to the town of La Estrada. To the southwest it borders Cerdedo and falls on the natural border of the Sierra de O Cando in the territories of Cotobade and A Lama, and in the south the Orense territories of Beariz and O Irixo.

Demography

The population of Forcarei is 3,916 inhabitants. The density is 23.3 inhabitants/km².

Civil parishes

The municipality is composed of 13 parishes: