This week in Santiago - how do the pilgrims get here?

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Another busy week has just flown past. It has been very hot. Thundery weather. What the Spanish call "bochorno". The people of Galicia aren't used to temperatures in the 30's and not being able to sleep because of the heat. The staff of the office have been complaining of tiredness - and not just because of the heat. A steady 12 - 1400 pilgrims per day have been arriving this week and in the last 7 days 10,966 pilgrims have arrived. Last Friday Amigos Jim from Ireland and Roy from Bolton (on the Left) in England said goodbye to Betty and Dugald (on the right) and have been working hard every day  welcoming pilgrims and answering their questions.

Maybe because it has been so hot and we are now in the busiest time of the year the staff of the office have a number of competitions going... for example who has written the strangest name on a Compostela? We've also been listing the ways in which pilgrims get here. Of course the majority come on foot but others use wheelchairs, horses, bicycles and a great array of machines and gadgets. Here is what we have listed. Have you seen any others?  

This week in Santiago - lots of pilgrims but still time for prayer

"More pilgrims in 6 days than in a third of July"   

Thus screamed the newspaper headlines. The number they are talking about is the 11,201 pilgrims who have arrived since I last posted. At times it has been very busy, but no more so than usual at this time of year. Newspaper hyperbole apart, the August rush is well under way. As you can see pilgrims are still overjoyed at their arrival and although they say there have been queues at some albergues there have been beds available on all of the routes.

Santiago has been busy with visitors particularly this week because of the Feast of the Assumption on the 15th and the Feast of San Roque yesterday. On the 15th the cathedral was packed as people streamed in for the Solemn Mass of the Feast which began with a procession accompanied by the Cathedral choir and medieval musical instruments the chimirias. They continued to play as the great botifumeiro swung at the start of the Mass.  If you wish to hear them click here 

In August more groups arrive than in any other month of the year and so far we have had: scout groups, girl guides, youth groups, church groups, seminarians, pensioners clubs and a large group of the children of soldiers serving in the Spanish army (below).

It is busy but there is always room for one more. Still room for the lone pilgrim who arrives in the square and mounts the steps to the Pilgrims' Office. Still room for moments of individual joy and reflection on a journey well made.

It was a privilege for us to meet Roswitha who had walked from her home in Germany to Santiago, 10 times the distance of many pilgrims. When we asked her what her Camino had meant to her she reached into her rucksack and presented us with a piece of paper. "This says it all for me" she said. We've tried to translate it...and maybe it does say it all:

Pilgrim, do not look back, do not turn around

For that would discourage you.

Instead look to the road in front of you where I am calling you.

Do not think about how far away the goal is and how little you travel walking each step.

Instead live each step. I am walking with you.

Throw out everything you don't need, don't carry extra weight

Throw out all your cares and everything that worries you

Let go and travel light. I will give you everything you need.

Don't compare yourself to others as you go. Find your own rhythm as you continue onward. 

I love you as you are.

Follow the road carefully so that you can see the signs that will lead you in the right direction

I will guide you.

Be cautious of taking shortcuts as they may turn out to make the journey longer.

I am the Way.  

But if you make a mistake and take a wrong turning do not lose heart these things are also part of your journey. I am always by your side.

When you are tired or stumble do not be afraid. Get up again.

I will hold you.

Do not look down at your feet all the time trying to avoid obstacles. Look up and admire the beauty all around you. I will keep you safe.

Accept all that happens to you on the road; bad weather, hunger and thirst, illness, unpleasant people...your own weaknesses. I am your goal.

Take time to give thanks, but do not waste time. Use every opportunity to praise, to sing, to dance and to celebrate. When you do this, I love you.

Pilgrims large and small - a week in Santiago

The three belles - Mari with Susan and Angela

Since my last post on 1 August temperatures have soared in Santiago. In the last few days we have experienced sweltering heat of 36 degrees. Pilgrim numbers have soared too and since I last wrote over 11,000 pilgrims have arrived at the Pilgrims' Office. 

Amigos Angela and Susan were bid a fond farewell by Mari one of the coordinators of the Pilgrims' Office in the cloister of the cathedral. In their 2 week tour of duty they welcomed over 17,000 pilgrims. Then of course the August rush began just as Dugald and Betty arrived to don their blue T shirts. They had spent the previous 2 weeks as hospitaleros at the albergue in Rabanal and over the last few days they have surprised pilgrims who slept at the albergue by  also being in Santiago at the head of the queue to welcome them in Santiago!
Traditionally Spanish people take their holidays during August and therefore it was no surprise that the first of these who started in Cebreiro or Sarria are now arriving. This morning when we arrived at the office a long queue had already formed. Antonio from Valencia who had walked from O Cebreiro was first in the queue. "I've been waiting since 6am" he said with a broad smile. Nothing could quench his delight in finally getting his Compostela.

This week has also seen many groups arriving. A huge group of young people from Spain, France and Portugal arrived on a walking pilgrimage organised by the religious order the Claretianos. In bright t shirts they sang their way up the stairs of the Pilgrims Office. We enjoyed their singing but we were glad when the last one left. However soon we were regaled again as they repeated their repertoire from the Cathedral steps in the Plaza Praterias.

A smaller and altogether more poignant group was the Japanese contingent who arrived having walked from Leon. These were representatives of the Amigos of the Camino de Santiago in Japan who were walking with young people they had brought from the area devastated by the terrible earthquakes last year    

As the queue of pilgrims snakes into the Office we never know who is going arrive. "What does that word mean?" I asked the older man who had just filled in his occupation on the form. "It means "Bishop" in French. I'm 84 and glad to be here." He beamed having walked from Sarria. Standing beside him was a girl in her early 20's. She looked brown and fit and had that glow that long distance pilgrims exude. I glanced at her credencial. She had started walking from her home in Holland. The Bishop and the lassie shook hands and congratulated each other. Old and young, long distance and short, two bound by the bond of the pilgrimage.
The broadest smiles were enjoyed by two families from Brussels who started in Irun on the Camino del Norte.  11 of them in total, there were only three adults, the rest were their children aged from 12 down to 2 months. We were all agreed that the mother deserved the biggest Compostela of all!

All the numbers from Santiago – growth continues

All the numbers from Santiago – growth continues

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The statistics for pilgrims arriving in Santiago for the period 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012 have now been analysed.

In the first 6 months of the year 67,447 pilgrims have been received in the Pilgrims’ Office. In the same period in 2011, the previous year 63,725 arrived. The increase of 3722 is modest growth of  just less than 6% in the overall numbers.

However much higher growth rates are appearing in the nuberof pilgrims coming from English speaking countries. I have now added a column with the percentage growth comparing 2011 with 2012.   

Country	2009	2010	2011	2012	Growth
Australia	456	493	528	756	43%
Canada	876	773	909	1145	26%
Ireland	799	1090	1048	1752	67%
South Africa	124	126	212	312	47%
United Kingdom	656	529	542	907	67%
United States	1098	1357	1540	2724	77%
New Zealand	138	92	93	138	48%

Analysis of the period 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2012

During the period 67.447 pilgrims arrived

Sorry about the drunken columns - I assure you it is Blogger and not me!  

Countries

Spain                           27851 (41,29%)

Germany                     7378 (10,94%)

Portugal                       4703 (6,97%)

Italy                             3600 (5,34%)

France                         3491 (5,18%)

United States              2724 (4,04%)

Ireland                         1752 (2,60%)

United Kingdom         1510 (2,24%)

Holand                       1495 (2,22%)

Canada                        1145 (1,70%)

Brasil                           1033 (1,53%)

Korea                          986 (1,46%)

Austria                        906 (1,34%)

Australia                      756 (1,12%)

Belgium                       736 (1,09%)

Switzerland                 632 (0,94%)

Denmark                     611 (0,91%)

Sweden                       576 (0,85%)

Polonand                     570 (0,85%)

Norway                       431 (0,64%)

Japan                           424 (0,63%)

México                        412 (0,61%)

Finland                        408 (0,60%)

Argentina                    327 (0,48%)

South Africa               312 (0,46%)

Hungary                      269 (0,40%)

Czec Republic             260 (0,39%)

Russia                          191 (0,28%)

Venezuela                   170 (0,25%)

Slovenia                      156 (0,23%)

Colombia                     151 (0,22%)

New Zealand              138 (0,20%)

Slovakia                      130 (0,19%)

Romania                      84 (0,12%)

Chile                            84 (0,12%)

China                           68 (0,10%)

Ecuador                       66 (0,10%)

Uruguay                      61 (0,09%)

Bulgaria                       53 (0,08%)

Puerto Rico                 52 (0,08%)

Lithuania                     51 (0,08%)

Perú                             50 (0,07%)

Israel                           41 (0,06%)

Estonia                        39 (0,06%)

Andorra                       39 (0,06%)

Philippines                  31 (0,05%)

Greece                         30 (0,04%)

Croacia                        30 (0,04%)

Malta                           28 (0,04%)

Luxemburgh                27 (0,04%)

Ukraine                       25 (0,04%)

Costa Rica                   21 (0,03%)

Gender           Number of pilgrims

Men                 38940 (57,73%)

Women            28507 (42,27%)

Method of transport Number of pilgrims

           

On foot                       57017 (84,54%)

Bicycle                        10204 (15,13%)

Horseback                   217 (0,32%)

Wheelchair users         9 (0,01%)

Reason for pilgrimage          Number of pilgrims

Religious or other reasons       34910 (51,76%)

Religious                                 28920 (42,88%)

Non religious                           3617 (5,36%)

Employment status                Number of pilgrims

Employed                                16156 (23,95%)

Retired                                                11177 (16,57%)

Technicians                             9235 (13,69%)

Students                                  8580 (12,72%)

Self Employed                        7224 (10,71%)

Teachers                                  3539 (5,25%)

Civil Servants                          3472 (5,15%)

Manual workers                      2330 (3,45%)

Unemployed                           1959 (2,90%)

Housewives                             1781 (2,64%)

Directors                                 696 (1,03%)

Artists                                     492 (0,73%)

Priests                                      270 (0,40%)

Farm workers                          223 (0,33%)

Religious                                 150 (0,22%)

Sailors                                     87 (0,13%)

Sports people                          69 (0,10%)

Oikoten                                   7 (0,01%)

Age range                   Number of pilgrims

30 - 60                         38967 (57,77%)

< 30                            14546 (21,57%)

> 60                            13934 (20,66%)

Camino                                   Number of pilgrims

Camino Francés                      47.229 (70,02%)

Camino Portugués                   9.965 (14,77%)

Vía de la Plata                         3.650 (5,51%)

Camino del Norte                   3.308 (4,90%)

Camino Primitivo                    1.905 (2,82%)

Camino Inglés                         1.094 (1,62%)

Otros Caminos                        173 (0,26%)

Muxia, Finisterre                     123 (0,18%)

Starting point Number of pilgrims

Sarria                           13856 (20,54%)

S. Jean P. Port             8257 (12,24%)

Leon                            3760 (5,57%)

Oporto                         3543 (5,25%)

Roncesvalles               3226 (4,78%)

Cebreiro                      3113 (4,62%)

Tui                               2553 (3,79%)

Ponferrada                  2338 (3,47%)

Pamplona                    1741 (2,58%)

Astorga                       1646 (2,44%)

Le Puy                         1473 (2,18%)

Burgos                         1470 (2,18%)

Rest of Portugal          1366 (2,03%)

Sevilla                         1330 (1,97%)

Valenca                       1285 (1,91%)

Oviedo - C.P.              1190 (1,76%)

Ferrol                           1078 (1,60%)

Ourense                       878 (1,30%)

Irun                             862 (1,28%)

France                         859 (1,27%)

Vilafranca                   778 (1,15%)

Triacastela                   538 (0,80%)

Samos                         487 (0,72%)

Lugo - C.P.                 444 (0,66%)

Rest of C. Leon          415 (0,62%)

Lisbon                        413 (0,61%)

Holand                       406 (0,60%)

Ponte de Lima             357 (0,53%)

Logroño                      334 (0,50%)

Santander                    301 (0,45%)

Rest of Asturias          292 (0,43%)

Bilbao                          285 (0,42%)

Germany                     267 (0,40%)

Somport                      260 (0,39%)

Salamanca                   226 (0,34%)

Zamora                        215 (0,32%)

Oviedo                         193 (0,29%)

Ribadeo                       193 (0,29%)

Madrid - C.F.              191 (0,28%)

Gijon                           172 (0,26%)

Chaves-Portugal          159 (0,24%)

Baamonde                   150 (0,22%)

Belgium                       147 (0,22%)

Sahagun                      147 (0,22%)

Vilalba                         146 (0,22%)

Puebla de Sanabria      146 (0,22%)

Aviles                          144 (0,21%)

Braga                           126 (0,19%)

Jaca                             123 (0,18%)

Switzerland                 113 (0,17%)

Rest of Asturias - C.P 111 (0,16%)

Rest of Pais Vasco      106 (0,16%)

A Guarda                    97 (0,14%)

Lourdes                       95 (0,14%)

Vega de Valcarce        92 (0,14%)

Muxia                          90 (0,13%)

Fromista                      84 (0,12%)

Vezelay                       81 (0,12%)

Rest of Andalucia       81 (0,12%) 

The organist wore red underwear...

Puerta del Sol - Madrid

Here I am. Hello everyone. Happy Christmas, Happy New year, Happy Feast of the Kings. Santiago has been  non stop fiestas since I last wrote to you. Seriously. I never cease to be amazed at the capacity of Spaniards to find every excuse for a celebration.  I'm exhausted with it all.

Christmas here was wonderful but in many ways quite different the UK. For example I had a full schedule of playing - 2 services on Christmas Eve including Midnight Mass or the Mass of the Cockrel as they call it then three on Christmas morning. Usually midnight mass is the highlight. I'm used to a candlelit carol service and a packed church. Here it was cold and wintry and there was a half full church. How so? Well I discovered that here in Spain on the Christmas Eve, the Noche Buena, the tradition is that families sit down together to eat a meal of many courses. As the services gradually filled up on Christmas Day until there was standing room only at the final Mass at 1pm I heard story after story of the night before. "We had 28 of the family to dinner last night", "Oh really? We had 33 plus 7 children." No wonder the streets and the pews were empty.
There was little respite for me in the few days until New Year and the funerals came piling in. I've played at 35 in about 25 weeks. However New Year was splendid. The Plaza Obradoiro rocked and fireworks filled the sky over the cathedral as I raised a glass to welcome the New Year before getting up early the next morning for the three services of the Feast of Our Lady the Patroness of Spain.

One more thing about how the Spanish celebrate the New Year. In Scotland we tend to have family dinners on New years Eve just as the Spaniards do on Christmas Eve, then as the bells toll a glass of something, often whisky is raised in a toast. Here as the bells of the clock tower in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid the dead centre of Spain chimed midnight Spanish friends munched a grape, 12 in all to welcome the new year. Many of them also wore red underwear. Now, underwear is not something we usually speak about nor write about in pilgrim blogs. But the truth is over the few weeks leading up to new year I couldn't help but notice that shop windows were full of displays of red underwear. It seemed to be everywhere. I thought about taking some pictures to show you the extent of it but I couldn't bring myself to been seen camera in hand taking pictures of underwear. However over a few drinks I did pluck up courage to ask some friends about this tradición intimá as some of the posters in shop windows put it. To much laughter they confirmed this was the case. Many Spaniards wear red underwear to bring in the new year to give them good luck for the year to come. It has to be new red underwear, by the way to give you the best chance of good fortune. A short google search revealed that this is a tradition shared in Italy, in Mexico...in China!  
Now you know.

It is a New Year and New Project as colleagues in the Confraternity of St James and the Irish Society of the Friends of St. James launched the new Service of 100,000 welcomes. We are going to open an apartment here in Santiago in which volunteers will live for minimum periods of two weeks whilst they work in the Pilgrims' Office providing  a personal welcome to every pilgrim who arrives. It is also an English language based programme and the volunteers, called Amigos, will provide information in English to those who needs it. We are going to run this project this year from May - October, the walking season, and then evaluate its success before deciding on future years. In this pilot period volunteers will be drawn from the membership of the CSJ and the Irish Friends and those known to them. It is very exciting and already members have started to write expressing an interest. Information is available from both organisations and I'll post further information here when I get my breath back.

Then the other day I went down to the train station where I usually get the train to Pontevedra to find a throng of thousands waiting for the arrival of the three kings. This was the Feast of the Epiphany. Arrive they did and a splendid procession began through the town. This was not the spectacle of Sevilla or Madrid. It was a much more homely affair. But the streets were lined with people. Children were held high with plastic bags open to catch some of the tons of sweets which were thrown into the crowds. On the back of the floats carrying the Kings a seemingly endless supply of sweets sat like bags of swag as the marching band played at full tilt. Everyone was happy.

It is also a time for making resolutions. I've got a few. I'm astonished to look back and count up that I have played 150 times in the last 5 months. This is more than I played in the UK and is frankly too much. Forgive a short morbid rant about this but I had no idea that in Spain when you die you are buried within 24 hours. Whatever the benefits of this tradition for me it means a phone call sometimes late in the evening asking me to come the next morning or afternoon. I can see in the distance caminos becoming impossible, the diary being arranged around organ commitments, coordinating the new project and answering the phone about funerals! So there will be change. I'm going to walk more. I've devised a new route here in Santiago, it is the Route of  Routes a guide to which will be published later in the year. I'll tell you more about it soon. I want to do more of this and other walking projects. So many routes...

So dear reader, thank you once again for calling in. I'll finish this blog by wishing you all a Happy New Year. I hope that the year brings you good things and that at least some of your camino dreams and ambitions come true.

And did the organist wear red underwear for luck? Well that would be telling.

 

News, numbers and gossip from Santiago

A passing pilgrim wonders what is being built in the Plaza Qunitana

Santiago is beside itself with excitement. The sounds of Christmas coming are in the air and the Plaza Quintana has taken on a Times Square atmosphere. For the first time the ice skating rink which was set up in the Area Central which is anything but central is now in the heart of the Old Town. The place is buzzing and yesterday people were peering through the windows to see the rehearsal for today's opening.

The ice rink will be open for two months until 10pm. School children will be admitted for 3.50€ and adults 6.50€.

Record breaking pilgrim numbers
The other big news is that the number of pilgrims continues to break all known records. Over many years the spike in numbers during a Holy Year were never matched in the years in between - when the Feast of St James does not fall on a Sunday. That's been the pattern. Until this year. During the last month for the first time ever the number of pilgrims who arrived during the Holy Year 2004 (179,994) has been exceeded in a normal year. By yesterday 181,789 pilgrims have arrived since 1st January 2011.  The full analysis of the numbers comes at the end of this post: see below.

Christmas Lights
The Christmas lights in this Cathedral city where the restrictions of Advent are still observed will be turned on on 17th December.

High Speed Train Link
The AVE service between Ourense - Santiago - A Coruna will open on 10 December. The travel time from Santiago to A Coruna will be cut to 28 minutes. The may help pilgrims who wish to travel in or out of A Coruna airport.

Cirque du Soleil
This show returns to Santiago between 7 - 11 December with 55 artists from 17 different countries. Tickets were sold out with hours of being available.

End of the 800 Anniversary of the Cathedral

Many people here in Galcia believe that the Feast of the Translación is  as important, if not more so that the Feast of St James held on 25th July. The Feast of the Translación which commemorates the transportation of St James' body to Galicia is to be held on 30 December and will mark the end of the Anniversary Year. The processions and Mass are spectacular with the armed forces of Spain on parade with senior representatives of the Royal Family and the political classes.
This is one of the ceremonies during the year when the botafumeiro is used for its liturgical purpose at the beginning of the Mass.

Numbers, numbers, numbers
During the month of November 1661 pilgrims arrived in Santiago. The total for the period 1 January to 30 November 2011 is 181,789.
The full analysis follows:

Spain	96771 (53,23%)
Germany	16574 (9,12%)
Italia	12119 (6,67%)
Portugal	8580 (4,72%)
France	8143 (4,48%)
United States	3733 (2,05%)
Ireland	2655 (1,46%)
United Kingdom	2366 (1,30%)
Holand	2348 (1,29%)
Canadá	2337 (1,29%)
Brasil	1951 (1,07%)
Austria	1847 (1,02%)
Poland	1807 (0,99%)
Corea	1692 (0,93%)
Belgica	1665 (0,92%)
Denmark	1639 (0,90%)
Australia	1389 (0,76%)
Sweden	1238 (0,68%)
Swizerland	1203 (0,66%)
México	1180 (0,65%)
República Checa	962 (0,53%)
Norway	908 (0,50%)
Japón	858 (0,47%)
Hungría	765 (0,42%)
Argentina	705 (0,39%)
Finlandia	648 (0,36%)
Eslovaquia	568 (0,31%)
Eslovenia	547 (0,30%)
South Africa	510 (0,28%)
Venezuela	431 (0,24%)
Colombia	417 (0,23%)
Russia	242 (0,13%)
Nueva Zelanda	236 (0,13%)
Rumania	201 (0,11%)
Chile	188 (0,10%)
Ecuador	173 (0,10%)
Uruguay	167 (0,09%)
Perú	147 (0,08%)
Israel	130 (0,07%)
Lituania	115 (0,06%)
China	108 (0,06%)

Gender	Nº de Peregrinos
Male	104874 (57,69%)
Female	76915 (42,31%)
Method of travel	Nº de Peregrinos
On foot	151817 (83,51%)
Bicycle	29516 (16,24%)
Horse	427 (0,23%)
Wheelchair	29 (0,02%)

Motivation	Nº de Peregrinos
Religious  or spiritual reasons	91614 (50,40%)
Religious	78971 (43,44%)
Not religious or spiritual	11204 (6,16%)

Finisterra	71 (0,04%)
Grandas de Salime	69 (0,04%)
Molinaseca	67 (0,04%)
Canfranc	64 (0,04%)
Granada	62 (0,03%)
Fonsagrada	61 (0,03%)
Rábade	59 (0,03%)
Italia	58 (0,03%)
Cast. la Mancha	57 (0,03%)
Com. Valenciana	57 (0,03%)
París	56 (0,03%)
Castilla La Mancha	55 (0,03%)
Castilla la Mancha	49 (0,03%)
Tineo	49 (0,03%)
Allariz	48 (0,03%)
Cadavo	48 (0,03%)
La Rioja	48 (0,03%)
Malaga	43 (0,02%)
Valladolid	40 (0,02%)
Huelva	38 (0,02%)
Povoa de Varzim	37 (0,02%)
Salas	36 (0,02%)
San Sebastian	35 (0,02%)
Nájera	34 (0,02%)
Benavente	34 (0,02%)
La Mesa	32 (0,02%)
Roma	32 (0,02%)
Córdoba	32 (0,02%)
Castrojeriz	30 (0,02%)
Cataluña	30 (0,02%)
Fonfría	29 (0,02%)
Badajoz	28 (0,02%)
Murcia	23 (0,01%)
A Guarda	23 (0,01%)
Ponferrada. C.Inv.	23 (0,01%)
Resto Galicia	22 (0,01%)
Vegadeo	20 (0,01%)
Polonia	17 (0,01%)
Reino Unido	16 (0,01%)
Grado	14 (0,01%)
La Rioja	13 (0,01%)
Republica Checa	12 (0,01%)
Baiona	12 (0,01%)
La Bañeza	12 (0,01%)
Vilabade	11 (0,01%)
Dinamarca	10 (0,01%)
San Juan de Ortega	10 (0,01%)
A Rúa	10 (0,01%)
Luxemburgo	8 (0,00%)
Inglaterra	6 (0,00%)
Sobrado	5 (0,00%)
Leyre	5 (0,00%)
Viveiro	4 (0,00%)
Monforte de Lemos	3 (0,00%)
Ortigueira	3 (0,00%)
Hungría	3 (0,00%)
Valcarlos	3 (0,00%)
Pontedeume	3 (0,00%)
Covelo	2 (0,00%)
Andorra	2 (0,00%)
Finlandia	2 (0,00%)
Gonzar	2 (0,00%)
United Kingdom	2 (0,00%)
Quiroga	2 (0,00%)
Egipto	2 (0,00%)
Jerusalem	1 (0,00%)
Cea	1 (0,00%)
Irlanda	1 (0,00%)
Mella	1 (0,00%)
Artieda	1 (0,00%)
Guntín	1 (0,00%)
Irlanda	1 (0,00%)
Grecia	1 (0,00%)
Peñaseita	1 (0,00%)
Petín	1 (0,00%)

Employment status	Nº de Peregrinos
Employed	44080 (24,25%)
Students	31634 (17,40%)
Technicians	24908 (13,70%)
Retired	20309 (11,17%)
Self employed	18325 (10,08%)
Teachers	13714 (7,54%)
Civil servants	9345 (5,14%)
Manual workers	6300 (3,47%)
Unemployed	4091 (2,25%)
Housewives	3977 (2,19%)
Artists	1522 (0,84%)
Executives	1379 (0,76%)
Priests	815 (0,45%)
Farmworkers	570 (0,31%)
Religious	441 (0,24%)
Sailors	226 (0,12%)
Sportspeople	113 (0,06%)
Oikoten	40 (0,02%)

Ages	Nº de Peregrinos
30 - 60	104631 (57,56%)
< 30	51732 (28,46%)
> 60	25426 (13,99%)

Routes travelled	Nº de Peregrinos
Frances-Camino de	131696 (72,44%)
Portugues-Camino	21850 (12,02%)
Norte-Camino de	11846 (6,52%)
Via de la Plata	7953 (4,37%)
Primitivo-Camino	5177 (2,85%)
Ingles-Camino	2678 (1,47%)
Otros caminos	388 (0,21%)
Muxia-Finisterre	201 (0,11%)