This has been a time of tragedy
with the recent train accident claiming so many victims. Messages of support
flowed in from all over the pilgrim world. On behalf of everyone in the Pilgrims' Office thank you to all of the organisations and individuals who got in touch with us to express their solidarity.
It has been a terribly sad time in
Santiago . But still
the pilgrims come and I think their presence has helped to lighten the
atmosphere. For many life has not returned to normal. For the families directly
affected it will never be the same. One constancy over the ages is the arrival
of the pilgrims and in the last days they have flowed into the city in huge
numbers. On one day we issued 1980 compostelas!
In other news: the
programme of masses in different languages, Portuguese, French and Italian has
been expanded with the arrival of a series of English speaking priests. We are
running this on the same model as the Amigos Welcome Service. Priests apply and
are considered and then they come for two weeks. It is working very well and is
proving very popular.
Also the services in
the Pilgrims´Office are expanding considerably. The courtyard now boasts an
office for Alsa buses, the national bus company and also a Renfe office. Get
your Compostela and your bus or train tickets all in the same place.
In an exciting
development the Cathedral has now opened a new Left Luggage or Consigna which
offers a wide range of services. Free Wiif, a boarding pass printing service,
showers, washing machines and a bicycle store and return service. It is just a
few metres from the Pilgrims Office on the left hand side of the street. See:
And now to the
statistics.
Total number of
pilgrims who registered in the Pilgrims´Office between 1 January 2013 and 31
July 2013 - 112.081
Total number who
arrived in the same period in 2012 – 100,304
This represents an
increase of almost 12%.
Country
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
2013
|
Growth
|
Australia
|
529
|
624
|
652
|
931
|
1518
|
63%
|
Canada
|
1093
|
981
|
1116
|
1450
|
1602
|
10%
|
Ireland
|
1144
|
1365
|
1413
|
2296
|
2878
|
25%
|
South Africa
|
157
|
161
|
272
|
425
|
445
|
5%
|
United Kingdom
|
942
|
1085
|
1149
|
1950
|
2237
|
15%
|
United States
|
1573
|
2021
|
2234
|
3979
|
6171
|
55%
|
New Zealand
|
109
|
129
|
126
|
190
|
257
|
35%
|
Routes
Route Number of pilgrims
Frances-Camino de 78310 (69,87%)
Portugues-Camino 16234 (14,48%)
Norte-Camino de 6440 (5,75%)
Via de la Plata 5104
(4,55%)
Primitivo-Camino 3165 (2,82%)
Ingles-Camino 2306
(2,06%)
Muxia-Finisterre 268 (0,24%)
Otros caminos 251
(0,22%)
Gender
Gender Number
of pilgrims
Male 61516
(54,89%)
Female 50565 (45,11%)
Mode of transport
Mode Number
of pilgrims
On foot 97101 (86,63%)
Bicycle 14297
(12,76%)
Horeseback 654
(0,58%)
Wheelchair 29
(0,03%)
Reasons for making the pilgrimage
Reason Number
of pilgrims
Religious and other 59502 (53,09%)
Religious 46303
(41,31%)
Not religious 6276
(5,60%)
Staus
Status Number of pilgrims
Employed 23683 (21,13%)
Student 22331 (19,92%)
Retired 15072 (13,45%)
Self emp 12393 (11,06%)
Technical 11956 (10,67%)
Teachers 8158 (7,28%)
Public sector 5223 (4,66%)
Manual 3880 (3,46%)
Unemployed 2720 (2,43%)
House people 2589 (2,31%)
Directors 1494 (1,33%)
Artists 989 (0,88%)
Priests
655 (0,58%)
Farmworkers 376
(0,34%)
Religious 271
(0,24%)
Sailors 145
(0,13%)
Sportspeople 137
(0,12%)
Oikoten 9
(0,01%)
Countries
Countries Number
of pilgrims
France 4624
(4,13%)
Ireland 2878
(2,57%)
UK 2237 (2,00%)
Holland 1918
(1,71%)
Canadá 1602
(1,43%)
Australia 1518
(1,35%)
Korea 1441 (1,29%)
Brasil 1416
(1,26%)
Poland 1125
(1,00%)
Austria 1077
(0,96%)
Belgica 1036
(0,92%)
Dinamarca 1019
(0,91%)
México 742
(0,66%)
Suiza 716 (0,64%)
Suecia 675
(0,60%)
Argentina 542
(0,48%)
Japón 515
(0,46%)
Hungría 463
(0,41%)
Noruega 448
(0,40%)
Sudáfrica 445
(0,40%)
Finlandia 435
(0,39%)
Rep Checa 427
(0,38%)
Venezuela 393
(0,35%)
Colombia 359
(0,32%)
Rusia 284 (0,25%)
New Zealand 257
(0,23%)
China 223
(0,20%)
Eslovenia 197
(0,18%)
Eslovaquia 193
(0,17%)
Bulgaria 178
(0,16%)
Ecuador 148
(0,13%)
Rumania 145
(0,13%)
Chile 127 (0,11%)
Lituania 126
(0,11%)
Uruguay 102
(0,09%)
Ucrania 84
(0,07%)
Puerto Rico 82
(0,07%)
Perú 77
(0,07%)
Singapur 73
(0,07%)
Taiwán 61
(0,05%)
Filipinas 57
(0,05%)
Croacia 56
(0,05%)
Malta 53
(0,05%)
Estonia 52
(0,05%)
Israel 50
(0,04%)
Andorra 50
(0,04%)
Grecia 41
(0,04%)
Luxemburgo 38
(0,03%)
Letonia 36
(0,03%)
Costa Rica 36
(0,03%)
Bolivia 35
(0,03%)
Guatemala 30
(0,03%)
Islandia 27
(0,02%)
El Salvador 26
(0,02%)
Dominican 26
(0,02%)
Malasia 22
(0,02%)
India 21
(0,02%)
Cuba 18
(0,02%)
Paraguay 18
(0,02%)
Líbano 17
(0,02%)
Panamá 14
(0,01%)
Turquía 14
(0,01%)
Bielorrusia 12
(0,01%)
Irán 10
(0,01%)
Marruecos 10
(0,01%)
Nicaragua 10
(0,01%)
Indonesia 9
(0,01%)
Jordania 9
(0,01%)
Angola 8
(0,01%)
Vietnam 7
(0,01%)
Islas Feroe 7
(0,01%)
Albania 7
(0,01%)
Tailandia 7
(0,01%)
Honduras 7
(0,01%)
Pakistán 7
(0,01%)
Serbia 6
(0,01%)
Bangladesh 5
(0,00%)
Mauritania 5
(0,00%)
Namibia 5
(0,00%)
Sri Lanka 4
(0,00%)
Congo 4
(0,00%)
Moldavia 3
(0,00%)
Bosnia 3
(0,00%)
Egipto 3
(0,00%)
Zimbabwe 3
(0,00%)
UAE 3 (0,00%)
Argelia 3
(0,00%)
Túnez 3
(0,00%)
Chipre 3
(0,00%)
Dominica 3
(0,00%)
Kazajistán 3
(0,00%)
Georgia 3
(0,00%)
Kuwait 3
(0,00%)
Guinea 2
(0,00%)
I. Reunión 2
(0,00%)
Guyana 2
(0,00%)
Liechtensein 2
(0,00%)
Belice 2
(0,00%)
Tanzania 2
(0,00%)
Jamaica 2
(0,00%)
Uganda 2
(0,00%)
Mongolia 2
(0,00%)
Tuvalu 2
(0,00%)
Armenia 2
(0,00%)
Tayikistán 1
(0,00%)
Mauricio 1
(0,00%)
Rwanda 1
(0,00%)
Guinea 1
(0,00%)
Montenegro 1
(0,00%)
Libia 1 (0,00%)
Zambia 1
(0,00%)
Starting points
Starting point Number
of pilgrims
Sarria
26204 (23,38%)
S. Jean P. Port 13929 (12,43%)
León
5356 (4,78%)
Cebreiro 5352 (4,78%)
Oporto 5216 (4,65%)
Tui 4713 (4,20%)
Roncesvalles 4348 (3,88%)
Ponferrada 3920 (3,50%)
Astorga 3518 (3,14%)
Valença do Minho 2471 (2,20%)
Pamplona 2363 (2,11%)
Ferrol 2237 (2,00%)
Le Puy 1930 (1,72%)
Burgos 1882 (1,68%)
Oviedo - C.P. 1822 (1,63%)
Ourense 1677 (1,50%)
Irún 1595 (1,42%)
Sevilla 1488 (1,33%)
Vilafranca 1437 (1,28%)
Triacastela 1043 (0,93%)
Francia - C.F. 1011 (0,90%)
Resto Portugal 969 (0,86%)
Lugo - C.P. 840 (0,75%)
Resto C. León C.F. 761 (0,68%)
Samos 675 (0,60%)
Ribadeo 643 (0,57%)
Resto Asturias - C.N 591 (0,53%)
Lisboa 587 (0,52%)
Holanda 501 (0,45%)
Santander 476 (0,42%)
Ponte de Lima 459
(0,41%)
Logroño 446 (0,40%)
Oviedo - C.N. 440
(0,39%)
Rates, S. Pedro 433 (0,39%)
Bilbao 420 (0,37%)
Vilalba 357 (0,32%)
Mondoñedo 341 (0,30%)
Salamanca 324 (0,29%)
Gijón 324 (0,29%)
Madrid - C.F. 311 (0,28%)
Alemania 309 (0,28%)
Barcelos 293 (0,26%)
Somport 292 (0,26%)
Chaves-Portugal 259 (0,23%)
Porriño 252 (0,22%)
Avilés 227 (0,20%)
Bélgica 222 (0,20%)
Braga 219 (0,20%)
Zamora 218 (0,19%)
Puebla de Sanabria 189 (0,17%)
San Sebastián 183 (0,16%)
Sahagún 180 (0,16%)
Resto País Vasco 175
(0,16%)
Vega de Valcarce 165 (0,15%)
Muxia 163 (0,15%)
Lourdes 157 (0,14%)
Resto Asturias - C.P. 153 (0,14%)
Gudiña 144 (0,13%)
Suiza 137 (0,12%)
Baamonde 136 (0,12%)
Resto Cantabria 128 (0,11%)
Fonsagrada - C.P. 126 (0,11%)
Guimaraes 124 (0,11%)
Jaca 119 (0,11%)
Vezelay 118 (0,11%)
Puente la Reina 115
(0,10%)
Finisterra 105 (0,09%)
Frómista 102 (0,09%)
Rabanal del Camino 97 (0,09%)
Hospital de Orbigo 95 (0,08%)
Valencia O.C. 92
(0,08%)
Lourenzá 91 (0,08%)
Cataluña - C.F. 91 (0,08%)
Francia - C.N 90 (0,08%)
Resto Andalucia 88 (0,08%)
Carrión de Condes 87 (0,08%)
Viana do Castelo 82 (0,07%)
Sto. Domingo
81 (0,07%)
R.Pais Vasco C.F. 81 (0,07%)
Mérida 80 (0,07%)
Grandas de Salime 80
(0,07%)
Navarra 78 (0,07%)
Coimbra 77 (0,07%)
Cáceres 74 (0,07%)
Hendaya 73 (0,07%)
Tineo - C.P. 70 (0,06%)
Resto C. León - V.P. 67 (0,06%)
Granja de Moreruela 66 (0,06%)
Arles 64 (0,06%)
Canfranc 62 (0,06%)
Zaragoza 62 (0,06%)
Neda 62 (0,06%)
Verín 59 (0,05%)
Laza 58 (0,05%)
Baiona 54 (0,05%)
Abadin 52 (0,05%)
París 52 (0,05%)
Madrid - V.P. 51 (0,05%)
Com. Valenciana . 50
(0,04%)
Viseu 50 (0,04%)
Granada 49 (0,04%)
Barcelona 49 (0,04%)
Montserrat 49 (0,04%)
Ponferrada. C.Inv. 48 (0,04%)
Fatima 48 (0,04%)
Monforte de Lemos 47 (0,04%)
Molinaseca 47 (0,04%)
Fonfría 47 (0,04%)
Estella 47 (0,04%)
Resto Europa 45 (0,04%)
Cadavo 44 (0,04%)
Vigo 43 (0,04%)
A Guarda 42 (0,04%)
Xunqueira de Ambia 41 (0,04%)
Povoa de Varzim 40 (0,04%)
Austria 37 (0,03%)
Extremadura
36 (0,03%)
Rábade 36 (0,03%)
Cast. la Mancha 34 (0,03%)
Esposende 30 (0,03%)
Malaga 28 (0,02%)
Com. Valenciana 26 (0,02%)
Italia 23 (0,02%)
Aveiro 22 (0,02%)
Roma 22 (0,02%)
Castilla La Mancha 22
(0,02%)
Castrojeriz 20 (0,02%)
Huelva 18 (0,02%)
Allariz 17 (0,02%)
Córdoba 17 (0,02%)
Nájera 16 (0,01%)
Cruz de Ferro 15 (0,01%)
Castilla la Mancha 14 (0,01%)
Reino Unido C.F. 13 (0,01%)
Benavente 11 (0,01%)
Polonia 11 (0,01%)
Valladolid 10 (0,01%)
Republica Checa 10 (0,01%)
Cataluña - O.C. 8 (0,01%)
Grado 8 (0,01%)
Faro 8 (0,01%)
Irlanda C.F. 7 (0,01%)
Salas 7 (0,01%)
Badajoz 7 (0,01%)
Murcia 6 (0,01%)
Valcarlos 6 (0,01%)
XGrandas de Salime 6 (0,01%)
San Juan de Ortega 5 (0,00%)
Chantada 4 (0,00%)
Valdeorras
3 (0,00%)
Andorra 3 (0,00%)
Inglaterra C.F. 3 (0,00%)
Reino Unido C.Ing 3 (0,00%)
Gorgeous!
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