Lalín is a municipality in
Galicia, Spain in the north of the province of
Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of the Rías Baixas in Galicia. It is also the capital of its own municipality whi ...
. It's the capital of the region of the
Deza.
The town has a population of 20,158 inhabitants (2014).
[http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?paxina=002003001&c=-1&ruta=fichas%2Fbdmunicipal_tablas.jsp%3FESP%3D36024 Censo Lalín 2007] The surface of the municipality is 326.8 km
2, being the biggest municipality in the province of Pontevedra and the fourth of Galicia, with a population density of 63.85 inhabitants/km
2.
Located in the North-East of the province of Pontevedra; being bordered by
Silleda
Silleda is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.
Access
The town is adjacent to the N-525 road that connects Ourense with Santiago de Compostela, and 40 km from the Galician capital, Santiago. It also has acc ...
and
Vila de Cruces
Vila de Cruces is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the ''Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and ...
to the North-West,
Forcarei
Forcarei is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.
Location
The municipality of Forcarei occupies the northern part of the province of Pontevedra. Bordered on the east by the municipality of Lalín, which separates the m ...
to the West,
Agolada
Agolada is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.
Administration
It is divided into 24 parròquies (parishes) with many different patron saints. They are: Agra
Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna r ...
and
Rodeiro
Rodeiro is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the '' Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of t ...
to the North-East,
Dozón
Dozón is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra (, ) is a Spanish city in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. It is the capital of both the '' Comarca'' (County) and Province of Pontevedra, and of th ...
to the South-East and
O Irixo
O Irixo is a municipality in Ourense in the Galicia region of north-west Spain. It is located in the very northwest of the province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ...
to the South, all of them being part of the region of Deza, except O Irixo.
References
External links
Concello de Lalín
Municipalities in the Province of Pontevedra
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