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View of San Xoán de RíoRamon.reboledo · CC BY-SA 4.0

San Xoán de Río

Village

San Xoán de Río is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Trives. It is named after Saint John (Galician: San Xoán), the local patron. The village of Domecelle is located within the municipality.

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Village information

Coat of arms of San Xoán de Río
Province
Ourense
Autonomous community
Galicia
Population (INE 2025)
510
Altitude
880 m
Area (IGN)
61.6 km²
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What to see

  1. 1A Torre Vella
  2. 2Iglesia de Santa María de Castrelo
  3. 3Igrexa de San Paio das Cabanas
  4. 4Igrexa de San Silvestre de Argas
  5. 5Igrexa de San Xoán de Río
  6. 6Igrexa de San Xoán de Seoane de Argas
Data from OpenStreetMapSee more

What to do

  1. 1Reserva da Biosfera Ribeira Sacra e Serras do Oribio e Courel
  2. 2Cycling route: A Moa
  3. 3Cycling route: O Cerengo
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  • 2 places to stayIllustrative photo · Basotxerri · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Accommodation

    2 places to stay in San Xoán de Río

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  • Illustrative photo · Grey World · CC BY 2.0

    Eat

    None in the village; the nearest is 4.6 km away

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  • 3 experiencesIllustrative photo · Àngela Llop · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Experiences

    3 experiences in San Xoán de Río

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Useful information

Everything you need for your visit or your day-to-day

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Town council

    • Phone: 988 34 60 02
    • Official website: www.sanxoanderio.es
    • Email: concello@concellosanxoanderio.com

Services and transport

Education, sport and elderly care

Connectivity

  • Fibre broadband· of homes64 %
  • 4G mobile coverage· of homes100 %
  • 5G coverage· of homes100 %

No data on: tourist office, train station, transport, petrol stations, banks, supermarkets, EV chargers, street market, nursery school, primary school, secondary school, pool.

Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Town hall contact details: General Database of Local Entities (Spanish Ministry of Finance); tourist offices: each region's open registry, where it publishes one. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.

San Xoán de Río Town Hall

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Where to sleep in San Xoán de Río

2 registered places to stay

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