Rairiz de Veiga

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|settlement_type = Municipality

|official_name = Rairiz de Veiga

|image_map = Situacion Rairiz de Veiga.PNG

|map_caption = Location in Galicia

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|image_shield = Escudo de Rairiz de Veiga.svg

|pushpin_map = Spain

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}

|subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Galicia}}

|subdivision_type2 = Province

|subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Ourense}}

|subdivision_type3 = Comarca

|subdivision_name3 = A Limia

|area_total_km2 = 72.1

|area_footnotes = {{Cite web|url=http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esqv.jsp?ruta=verTabla.jsp?OP=1&B=1&M=&COD=77&R=9915%5Ball%5D&C=0%5B1996%5D&F=&S=1:0&SCF=|title=IGE. Táboas|website=www.ige.eu|language=gl|access-date=2017-10-11}}

|elevation_m = 622

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Josefa Asunción Morgade Rúa

|leader_party = PP

|website = {{URL|http://www.rairizdeveiga.es/|www.rairizdeveiga.es/}}

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Rairiz de Veiga is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Limia.

First same-sex marriage in the Iberian Peninsula

A same-sex marriage between two men, Pedro Dias and Muño Vandilas, occurred on 16 April 1061 in Rairiz de Veiga. They were married by a priest at a small chapel. The historic documents about the church wedding were found at Monastery of San Salvador de Celanova.{{cite web |url=http://www.farodevigo.es/portada-ourense/2011/02/27/primer-matrimonio-homosexual-galicia-oficio-1061-rairiz-veiga/522378.html |author=M.J.A. |title= El primer matrimonio homosexual de Galicia se ofició en 1061 en Rairiz de Veiga |date=27 February 2011 |access-date=27 February 2011}}

References

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{{Ourense (province)}}

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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Ourense

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