Valdoviño

Municipality in Galicia, Spain

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43°36′00″N 8°7′59″W / 43.60000°N 8.13306°W / 43.60000; -8.13306CountrySpainAutonomous communityGaliciaProvinceA CoruñaComarcaFerrolGovernment

• MayorMaría Isabel Álvarez DiéguezArea

• Total88.52 km² (34.18 sq mi)Elevation

243 m (797 ft)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total6,613 • Density75/km² (190/sq mi)DemonymValdoviñésPostal code

15550

WebsiteOfficial website

Valdoviño is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Ferrol. Valdoviño has a population of 6,926 inhabitants (INE, 2011).^[2]

Geography

The granite coast of Valdoviño is home to several sandy beaches, a large lagoon and a lighthouse.^[3]^[4]

Parroquias

There are eight Parroquias:

Lago (Santiago)
Loira (San Pedro)
Meirás (San Vicente)
Pantín (Santiago)
O Sequeiro (Santa María)
Valdoviño (Santalla)
Vilaboa (San Vicente)
Vilarrube (San Martiño)

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Overview". Concello de Valdoviño. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
^ Turismo, Turgalicia/Axencia Galega de (2017-02-13). "LIGHTHOUSE PUNTA FROUXEIRA IN VALDOVIÑO A CORUÑA". Turgalicia. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
^ "Punta Frouxeira is a Lighthouse on the Galician coast. The lighthouse..." Getty Images. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2024-02-23.

External links

Official website (in English)

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Valdoviño.

City Councils of the three Regions of Ferrolterra

Ferrol

Ares
Fene
Ferrol
Moeche
Mugardos
Narón
Neda
Cedeira
San Sadurniño
As Somozas
Valdoviño

Eume

Ortegal

v t e Ancient lands of the Counts of Andrade and Vilalba in the 14th century
Abadín Alfoz Ares Barreiros Burela Cabanas A Capela Cariño Cedeira Cerdido Cervo Cospeito Fene Ferrol Foz Guitiriz Lourenzá Mañón Moeche Mondoñedo Monfero Mugardos Muras Narón Neda Ourol Ortigueira A Pastoriza Pontedeume A Pontenova As Pontes de García Rodríguez Ribadeo Riotorto San Sadurniño As Somozas Trabada O Valadouro Valdoviño O Vicedo Vilalba Vilarmaior Viveiro Xermade Xove

Ancient lands of the Counts of Andrade and Vilalba in the 14th century

v t e Ports and lighthouses under the Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao
Port of San Cibrao with four Lighthouses Port of Alumina Espanola with six Lighthouses Roncadoira Point with one Lighthouse Ria and Port of Vivero with seven Lighthouses Port of O Barqueiro with five Lighthouses Estaca de Bares Point with one Lighthouse Santa Marta's Cove and the Ports of Espasante and Carino with four Lighthouses Candelaria Point with one Lighthouse Port of Cedeira with four Lighthouses A Frouxeira Point with one Lighthouse Cape Prior with two Lighthouses Ria of Ferrol and the Ports of Ferrol Outer-port, A Graña, Mugardos and Ferrol Inner-port with twenty three Lighthouses

v t e Municipalities of the province of A Coruña
Abegondo Ames Aranga Ares Arteixo Arzúa A Baña Bergondo Betanzos Boimorto Boiro Boqueixón Brión Cabana de Bergantiños Cabanas Camariñas Cambre A Capela Carballo Cariño Carnota Carral Cedeira Cee Cerceda Cerdido Coirós Corcubión Coristanco A Coruña Culleredo Curtis Dodro Dumbría Fene Ferrol Fisterra Frades Irixoa A Laracha Laxe Lousame Malpica de Bergantiños Mañón Mazaricos Melide Mesía Miño Moeche Monfero Mugardos Muros Muxía Narón Neda Negreira Noia Oleiros Ordes Oroso Ortigueira Outes Oza-Cesuras Paderne Padrón O Pino A Pobra do Caramiñal Ponteceso Pontedeume As Pontes de García Rodríguez Porto do Son Rianxo Ribeira Rois Sada San Sadurniño Santa Comba Santiago de Compostela Santiso Sobrado As Somozas Teo Toques Tordoia Touro Trazo Val do Dubra Valdoviño Vedra Vilarmaior Vilasantar Vimianzo Zas