JUNE ENDS WITH 49,066 COMPOSTELAS DELIVERED! WE SHARE DATA ON THE NATIONALITIES, WAYS, STARTING POINTS…
2 July, 2019

The month of June ends with 49,066 Compostelas delivered, a record compared with the 45,685 which were delivered the same month in 2018. Once again there are more women than men: 24,720 (50.38%) women and 24,346 (49.62%) men. They arrived 44,744 (91,19%) on foot, 4,104 (8,36%) by bicycle, 169 (0,34%) on horseback, 19 (0,04%) by sailing boat and 30 (0,06%) in wheelchair.

The main nationality was Spanish with 17,609 (35.89%); being Madrid the first point of origin, followed by Andalusia and the Valencian Community.

The total number of foreigners was 31,209 (71.87%), being the main countries of origin: United States (4,240 pilgrims, 13.59%); followed by Germany (4,177 pilgrims, 13.38%); Italy (3,642 pilgrims, 11.67%); Portugal (2,612 pilgrims, 8.37%); France (1,489 pilgrims, 4.77%); United Kingdom (1,255 pilgrims, 4.02%); Brazil (1,152 pilgrims, 3.69%) and Korea (1,144, 3.67%).

Regarding the most traveled routes, the first was the French Way (28,028 pilgrims, 57.12%); followed by the Central Portuguese Way (9,116 pilgrims, 18.58%);  the Portuguese Coastal Way (3.155 pilgrims, 6.46%); the North Way (2,768 pilgrims, 5.64%); Camino Primitivo (2,200 pilgrims, 4.48%); the English Way (1,929 pilgrims, 3.93%); the Via de la Plata (1,455 pilgrims, 2.97%); Muxía-Fisterre (223 pilgrims, 0.45%); other ways (105 pilgrims, 0.21%); the Winter Way (87 pilgrims, 0.18%).

Regarding the starting points, the most prominent were: Sarria 12,915 pilgrims (26.32%); S. Jean P. Port 6,106 pilgrims (12.44%); Porto [Central Portuguese Way] 4,031 pilgrims (8.22%); Tui 2,272 pilgrims (4.63%); Ferrol 1,838 pilgrims (3.75%); Porto [the Portuguese Coastal Way] 1,797 pilgrims (3.66%); León 1,719 pilgrims (3.50%); Oviedo 1,450 pilgrims (2.96%); Valença do Minho 1,087 pilgrims (2.22%); ; O Cebreiro 964 pilgrims (1.96%); Irún 942 pilgrims (1.92%); Ponferrada 900 pilgrims (1.83%); Roncesvalles 875 pilgrims (1.78%); Astorga 609 pilgrims (1.24%); Pamplona 554 pilgrims (1.13%); Lugo 546 pilgrims (1.11%); Ourense 483 pilgrims (0.98%); Le Puy 472 pilgrims (0.96%).

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