Cangas do Morrazo

Cangas do Morrazo
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	Pontevedra
Coordinates	42 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 47 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 16 ′  N , 8 ° 47 ′  W
Area :	38.08 km²
Residents :	26,542 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	697.01 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	36940 to 36986
Municipality number  ( INE ):	36008
administration
Website :	cangas.gal
Location of the city

Cangas do Morrazo ( Galician Cangas do Morrazo , Spanish Cangas de Morrazo ) is a Galician city in the province of Pontevedra in north-western Spain with 26,542 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019).

geography

Geographical location

Parroquias of Cangas do Morrazo

Playa de Melide in Cangas

Cangas is located in the comarca O Morrazo on a peninsula in the north of the Ría de Vigo . Neighboring communities are Bueu in the north and Moaña in the east, in the south the urban area is bordered by the Ría de Vigo, in the west and in the northwest by the Atlantic . Surrounded by the sea on three sides, the municipality has numerous beaches. The provincial capital Pontevedra is about 30 km away in the northeast, Santiago de Compostela is just under 100 km away.

City structure

Cangas do Morrazo is divided into five parroquias :

• Aldán
• Cangas
• Coiro
• Darbo
• O Hío

history

Cangas do Morrazo was first mentioned in 1160 in a donation from Ferdinand II . There is evidence of a port in Cangas from 1497. In 1862 the two Parroquias Aldán and O Hío were reclassified from the municipality of Bueu to Cangas.

Population development:

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Infrastructure

On the Autopista del Atlántico (AP-9) , the Cangas Vigo , Pontevedra , Santiago de Compostela and La Coruña links, the city is connected to the Spanish motorway network. There are regular bus connections to Vigo and Pontevedra, where the nearest train stations are also located. There are ferry connections to Vigo via the ría, and in summer there are also connections to the Illas Cíes .

Town twinning

• Lajes do Pico , since 2003

sons and daughters of the town

• David Cal (* 1982), canoeist
• Rodrigo Corrales (* 1991), handball player

Web links

Commons : Cangas do Morrazo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cangas 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).
2. ↑ J. Santos: Cangas cuenta su historia , La Voz de Galicia, May 10, 2007, accessed on February 7, 2019 (Spanish).
3. ↑ Historia de Bueu , bueu.news, accessed on February 7, 2019 (Spanish).
4. ↑ Cómo llegar on the website of the city of Cangas, accessed February 7, 2019 (Spanish).
5. ↑ J. Santos: Cangas y Lajes do Pico sellaron ayer los lazos de hermanamiento , La Voz de Galicia, May 18, 2003, accessed on February 7, 2019 (Spanish).