Baleira

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Baleira
Municipality
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 43°0′6″N 7°14′21″W / 43.00167°N 7.23917°W / 43.00167; -7.23917
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Lugo
Comarca	A Fonsagrada
Area
• Total	168.2 km2 (64.9 sq mi)
Elevation	1,049 m (3,442 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,268
• Density	7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Website	concellodebaleira.es

Baleira is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. In 2002, 1,845 people lived in Baleira. It belongs to the comarca of Fonsagrada. The capital of the municipality is O Cádavo, a name often given by extension to the entire municipality. Its population in 2009 was 1,584 people according to the municipal register of inhabitants.

It is located on the Camino Primitivo path of the Camino de Santiago.