Noia

Noia parish
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	A Coruña
Coordinates	42 ° 47 ′ N , 8 ° 53 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 47 ′ N , 8 ° 53 ′ W
Height :	10 msnm
Area :	37.2 km²
Residents :	14,263 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	383.41 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number ( INE ):	15057
administration
Website :	www.noia.es
Location of the municipality

Noia (official name in Galician language , the Spanish name is Noya ) is a small town in the Spanish province of A Coruña . The city lies on the Rio Tambre and the Atlantic Ocean , fishing (mussels) is the main source of income for the inhabitants. The city is also known for high quality leather and leather goods, especially shoes.

The cemetery , one of the oldest in Europe, is historically significant ; some of the notable tombstones date from the 10th century. Gravestones are exhibited in the secularized church of Santa Maria a Nova in the middle of the cemetery . These often have stylized drawings of people, plants or other drawings that suggest the deceased's profession.

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ 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).

[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).