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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Concello de Cambre
| nickname = Cambre
| image_flag =
| image_shield = Coat of Arms of Cambre.svg
| image_seal =
| image_skyline= Casa Concello Cambre.jpg
| image_map = Situacion_Cambre.PNG
| map_caption = Location of '''Cambre''' within [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]
| subdivision_type = [[Parroquia (Spain)|Parroquia]]s
| subdivision_name = Anceis, Andeiro, Brexo, Bribes, Cambre, [[Cecebre]], Cela, Meixigo, Pravio, Sigrás, O Temple & Vigo
| leader_title = Alcalde ([[Mayor]])
| leader_name = Óscar A. García Patiño [[Unión x Cambre|UxC]]
| area_note =
| area_total_km2 = 41
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| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|
| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| website = http://www.cambre.org/ | footnotes =
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'''Cambre''' is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] in the [[A Coruña (province)|Province of A Coruña]], in the autonomous community of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] in northwestern [[Spain]]. It is located 12 km from the capital city of [[A Coruña]] and ten minutes away from the [[A Coruña Airport|city's airport, Alvedro]].
According to the 2010 census, the municipality of Cambre includes 23,621 inhabitants spread over its 12 parishes, which occupy 41 square kilometres. The parishes are those of O Temple, Cambre, Sigrás, Anceis, San Lorenzo, Cela, Andeiro, Santa María de Vigo, Bribes, Brexo-Lema, [[Cecebre]] and Pravio. It shares municipal boundaries with the neighbouring municipalities of [[Culleredo]], [[Carral]] and [[Oleiros, Galicia|Oleiros]].
The town of Cambre has many sites of interest. Among them are:
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The Church of [[Virgin Mary|Our Lady Mary of Cambre]] (Spanish: ''Iglesia de Santa María de Cambre'', [[Galician language|Galician]]: ''Igrexa de Santa María de Cambre''), built around the 12th century; an archaeological museum with a permanent exhibition of the remains of a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] bathroom and [[latrine]]; and the house of Galician writer [[Wenceslao Fernández Flórez]] (1885–1964).
The town is located on the [[Way of St. James]] (''Camino de Santiago''), though on the English Way (Camino inglés), used mainly by pilgrims coming from England and Ireland via ship to
==Name==
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Roman remains throughout the area imply Cambre was located on the ([[Roman road]]) or ''via'' that connected Pharum (present day [[A Coruña]]) with Brigantium ([[Betanzos]]). Following the collapse of the [[Roman Empire]] and repeated invasions from barbarian tribes from the north, the area came under [[Suebi]] protection. However, Roman culture still prevailed, and Suebi influence is only present today in a few names of towns and parishes.
Shortly thereafter, the coastal areas of the province suffered major attacks from the [[Normans]] and later by conquering Muslims from the south who sacked the growing town. Cambre's splendour was triggered off thanks to the intervention of Knights Templar around the 12th century. One of Cambre's parishes called El Temple has a Romanic church dating from this period and a 14th
Following the devastating invasions and battles which took place in nearby A Coruña, most of the population moved inland, along the estuary of the River Mero, to a small village called "Burga do Faro" (today O Burgo). Cambre's splendour developed thanks to the aide of three Kings closely linked with Galicia, namely [[Alfonso VII]], [[Ferdinand II of León|Ferdinand II]] and [[Alfonso IX]], all of them educated by members of the Galician nobility. It was thanks to these three monarchs that a great number of churches were erected in the region and also several bridges throughout the area were built in a short span of time.
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==Zones of interest==
* Cambre Roman Villa, now converted into a small archaeological museum.
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180329152037/http://www.cambrexoven.com/ Weblog of Cambre]
*[http://www.cambre.org Website of Cambre] (in Spanish and Galician only)
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[[Category:Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña]]
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