Vilagarcía de Arousa

Vilagarcía de Arousa
View of Vilagarcía de Arousa from Monte Lobeira
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Galicia
Province :	Pontevedra
Coordinates	42 ° 36 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ′  N , 8 ° 46 ′  W
Area :	44.24 km²
Residents :	37,456 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	846.65 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	36600
Municipality number  ( INE ):	36060
administration
Website :	www.vilagarcia.es
Location of the city

Vilagarcía de Arousa ( Spanish Villagarcía de Arosa ) is a Galician city in the province of Pontevedra in northwestern Spain with 37,283 inhabitants (as of 2016).

geography

Vilagarcía de Arousa is located in the Comarca O Salnés on the Ría de Arousa . Neighboring communities are Catoira in the north, Caldas de Reis in the east and Vilanova de Arousa in the south. The provincial capital Pontevedra is 25 km away in the south, Santiago de Compostela is in the northeast and is almost 50 km away.

Population development

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

sons and daughters of the town

• Marcelino García Pérez (1937-2020), football player
• Pepe Rubianes (1947–2009), actor
• Dani Abalo (* 1987), soccer player
• Gustavo César Veloso (* 1980), racing cyclist

Web links

Commons : Vilagarcía de Arousa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vilagarcía de Arousa 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).