Valdoviño is a municipality in the
province of A Coruña
The province of A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical en, link=no, Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the A ...
in the
autonomous community
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Galicia in northwestern
Spain
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. It is located in the
comarca
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of
Ferrol. Valdoviño has a population of 6,926 inhabitants (INE, 2011).
Geography
The granite coast of Valdoviño is home to several sandy beaches, a large
lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') a ...
and a
lighthouse
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Parroquias
There are eight
Parroquia
''Parroquia'' (, , pl. ''parroquias''; , pl. ''parroquies'') or ''Parròquia'' (, pl. ''parròquies'') is a term equivalent to the English Parish; used in Andorra, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and some parts of northwestern Spain.
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s:
*Lago (Santiago)
*Loira (San Pedro)
*Meirás (San Vicente)
*Pantín (Santiago)
*O Sequeiro (Santa María)
*Valdoviño (Santalla)
*Vilaboa (San Vicente)
*Vilarrube (San Martiño)
See also
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Ferrolterra
Ferrol is a coastal ''comarca'' in the northwest of the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. It is also known as Ferrolterra. The area is 613.4 km2, and the overall population of this ''comarca'' was 161,154 at the 2011 Census; the latest offic ...
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The "Fragas" of the River Eume Natural Park
The Fragas do Eume is a natural park situated in north-west Spain. ''Fraga'' is a Galician word for "natural woodland", ( old-growth forest) and the park is an example of a temperate rainforest in which oak (''Quercus robur'' and ''Quercus pyre ...
References
External links
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Official website
Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña
Beaches of Galicia (Spain)
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