A Laracha

A Laracha municipality
Rio Quenxe near Laracha
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	A Coruña
Comarca :	Bergantiños
Coordinates	43 ° 15 ′  N , 8 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 8 ° 35 ′  W
Height :	184  msnm
Area :	125.95 km²
Residents :	11,347 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	90.09 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	15145
Municipality number  ( INE ):	15041
Nearest airport :	A Coruña Airport 25 km
administration
Mayor :	José Manuel López Varela ( PP )
Address of the municipal administration:	Av. Finisterre, 0, 15145 A Laracha, Tel .: [phone]
Website :	concellolaracha.com
Location of the municipality

A Laracha ( Galician ) or Laracha ( Spanish ) is a municipality in Galicia . It is located 22 km southwest of the city of A Coruña . The municipality extends from the coastal town of Caión in the north a few kilometers inland. Neighboring communities are Arteixo , Culleredo , Cerceda and Carballo .

Population development municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Sub-municipalities

Laracha consists of the following parroquias :

Cabovilaño (San Román) Caión (Santa María do Socorro) Coiro (San Xián) Erboedo (Santa María) Golmar (San Bieito) Lemaio (Santa Mariña) Lendo (San Xián)

Lestón (San Martiño) Montemaior (Santa María Madalena) Soandres (San Pedro) Soutullo (Santa María) Torás (Santa María) Vilaño (Santiago)

The town of Cendón belongs to the municipality .

Personalities

• The Franciscan Lino Gómez Canedo (1908–1990), a historian with a valuable legacy of old documents, was born in the Parroquia San Xián de Coiro.
• The actor Enrique Muiño (1881–1956), who emigrated to Argentina with his family, was born in A Laracha.
• The basketball player José Ramón Esmoris (* 1975) comes from the community.

Web links

Commons : A Laracha  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Community website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).