Monterrei ( es, Monterrey, label= Castilian) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

located in the

Province of Ourense Ourense (in Spanish, ''Orense'') is a Spanish province, in the southeastern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Pontevedra to the west, Lugo to the north, León and Zamora, (which both belong to Cas ...

in the Galicia

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of north-west

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. Monterrey is well known for its Castle, built in the

10th century The 10th century was the period from 901 ( CMI) through 1000 ( M) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the last century of the 1st millennium. In China the Song dynasty was established. The Muslim World experienced a cultural zenith, ...

. The Mexican city of

Monterrey Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...

was named in honour of

Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey Gaspar de Zúñiga Acevedo y Fonseca, 5th Count of Monterrey (1560 – March 16, 1606, Peru) was a Spanish nobleman who was the ninth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from November 5, 1595 to October 26, 1603. From January 18, 1604 until ...

Parishes

* Albarellos (Santiago) * La Magdalena * Estevesiños (San Mamede) * Flariz (San Pedro) * Infesta (San Vicenzo) * Medeiros (Santa María) * Monterrey * Rebordondo (San Martiño) * San Cristóbal * Vences (Santa Eulalia) * Villaza

References

Municipalities in the Province of Ourense {{galicia-geo-stub