Monfero

Monfero municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	A Coruña
Comarca :	Eume
Coordinates	43 ° 20 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  W
Height :	353  msnm
Area :	171.67 km²
Residents :	1,932 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	11.25 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	15617,15619
Municipality number  ( INE ):	15050
Nearest airport :	A Coruña Airport 51.4 km
administration
Mayor :	Benjamín Modesto Rodríguez Abad (ICMON)
Address of the municipal administration:	Calle Rebordelo, 0 SN, 15619 Monfero, Tel .: [phone]
Website :	concellodemonfero.com
Location of the municipality

Monfero is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Galicia . Monfero is also a city and a parroquia. The administrative center of the municipality is Rebordelo. The 1932 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) live on an area of ​​171.67 km ² , around 57 km from the provincial capital A Coruña .

Community structure

The municipality of Monfero is divided into seven parroquias :

• O Alto de Xestoso (Santa María)
• Queixeiro (San Xurxo)
• San Fiz de Monfero (San Fiz)
• Santa Xiá de Monfero
• Taboada (Santa Mariña)
• O Val de Xestoso (San Pedro)
• Vilachá (Santa María)

economy

Employment figures in the Monfero municipality in the economic sectors as of March 2015

	Employees	Percentage
total	719	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	241	33.52
Industry	69	9.60
Construction industry	83	11.54
Service companies	326	45.34

• Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Galicia , IPI

politics

Historical development in the Council of Monfero

Political party	2015		2011
	Be right %	Seats	Be right %	Seats
ICMON			40.28%	5
PSOE	44.34%	5	38.30%	4th
PP	33.45%	4th	8.50%	1
BNG	21.28%	2	11.93%	1

Attractions

Dome of the main church

• Parish churches of the Parroquias offer an insight into the religious architecture of the region
• Monfero Monastery from 1147
• Sotavento experimental wind farm
• " Fragas do Eume " nature reserve

Population development of the municipality

Web links

Commons : Monfero  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Event calendar of the municipality under "Festas" (es)

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. ↑ 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior

• Population figures see INE and INE archives