Mañón

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Concello de Mañón

Seal

Situation of Mañón within Galicia

Parroquias

Alcalde (Mayor)

? (?)

Area

- City

km²

- Land

81.1 km²

- Water

? km²

Population

- City (2003)

2,032 (INE)

- Density

?/km²

Mañón 43°46′09.10″N, 7°41′08.09″W is a city council of Ferrolterra in North-western Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).

1 "O Barquero" and "Estaca de Bares" Ports
2 Geography, History and General information
3 Parishes
4 Misc Data
5 External links

[edit] "O Barquero" and "Estaca de Bares" Ports

Fishing port
Sport port

[edit] Geography, History and General information

Mañón belongs to the Ferrolterra region of Ortegal and it is made up by five parishes, with 2,032 inhabitants, who are disseminated over its 82.1 km².

This council forms a narrow and long band of land that joins mountain, river and sea. The fertile freshwater of the river Sor ploughs its rugged lands from south to north.

Example of a Granite Coast; so typical of Galicia

The mountainous alignments of the Serra da Faladoira and Serra da Coriscada, the valleys of the Sor river and its estuary, and the peninsula that forms Estaca de Bares offers a very attractive landscape and of exceptional natural value.

At monumental level, they emphasize the prehistoric rest like mámoas of Estaca de Bares and the Phoenician port; in addition to Roman necropolis in A Ponte do Porto.

Worthy of mention they are some of its parochial churches by its rusticity and integration to the surroundings.

Mañón has a very particular geographical structure and the river Sor ploughs deep valleys with plenty of vegetation, which contrasts with the leafy high areas of the mountain range. The serpent shapes drawn by the Sor and its tributaries along their courses form a succession of inserted meanders, which form valleys with a lot of vegetation, where we can see rapid and beautiful waterfalls. The weather is wet oceanic and the mild winters are followed by fresh summers. The rainfall is particularly abundant, but due to the relief, there are local microweathers, as happens in the banks of the river Sor, where the vegetation is partially responsible for the weather changes. These physical and weather conditions, as well as its privileged situation between two seas, made Estaca de Bares to be declared 'natural area of national interest', and more recently, a protected area.

[edit] Parishes

Bares, As Grañas (do Sor), Mañón, As Ribeiras (do Sor)

[edit] Misc Data

Inhabitants: 2,032 (2003)

Extension: 82km²

[edit] External links

(Spanish) Site devoted to the art of landscape and nature of Ferrolterra
(English) Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority
(Spanish) Web-site dedicated to the history of Mañón and Estaca de Bares|

edit	City Councils of the three Regions of Ferrolterra.
FERROL - Ares\| Fene \| Ferrol \| Moeche \| Mugardos \|Narón \| Neda \| Cedeira \| San Sadurniño \| As Somozas \| Valdoviño EUME - Cabanas \| A Capela \| Monfero \| Pontedeume \| Vilarmaior \| As Pontes de García Rodríguez ORTEGAL - Cariño \| Cerdido \| Mañón \| Ortigueira

edit	List of 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 Grana, Mugardos and Ferrol Inner-port with twenty three Lighthouses

Most Northwestern Rias of Galicia [1]

edit	Roman Catholic Church - The five Dioceses of Galicia.
Diocese of Ourense \| Diocese of Tui-Vigo \| Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela \| Diocese of Ferrol-Mondoñedo \| Diocese of Lugo

edit	Municipalities 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 \| Cesuras \| 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 \| Muxia \| Narón \| Neda \| Negreira \| Noia \| Oleiros \| Ordes \| Oroso \| Ortigueira \| Outes \| Oza dos Ríos \| 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

edit	List of the Spanish Costas:
Costa Brava \| Costa Dorada \| Costa del Azahar \| Costa Blanca \| Costa Cálida \|Costa de Granada \| Costa del Sol \| Costa de la Luz \| Costa del Marisco \| Costa Verde