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The pilgrims' office of the Santiago Archdiocese awarded 8,817 Compostelas last month; that is a 5% increase over the 8,277 pilgrims who received the Compostela during June last year.<BR>
38% of the pilgrims, 3,314 were women and 62%, 5,503 were men. <BR>
6,724 pilgrims walked, 2,071 went by bicycle and 22 rode horses.<BR>
There were 1,560 pilgrims over the age of 60; 5,482 were between the ages of 30 and 60, and 1,771 were under thirty years of age.<BR>
8,247 pilgrims (94%) averred a religious motive for making the pilgrimage and 570 stated a cultural and educational reason.<BR>
More than half the pilgrims, 4,927, came from countries other than Spain. 14%, the largest number, came from Germany, and 10% from France (3% were from Brasil and 3% from the United States). <BR>
Almost 91% of the pilgrims followed the French Way with the largest numbers starting out at SJPP, Roncesvalles, Sarria. Leon and O Cebreiro.<BR>
Retired pilgrims composed 19.35% of the total, followed by technical professionals (computers' people and the like), 14.86%; liberal professionals, 13.44%; students, 11.74%; government employees, 6.52%, and business people, teachers, writers, housewives and members of religious orders in descending percentages..<BR>
Again, these numbers represent only the pilgrims that received the Compostela, and not all of the pilgrims.<BR>
Warm regards,<BR>
Rosina <BR>
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