Ferrol
municipality of Galicia, Spain, in the La Coruña province
Ferrol (In the neighbourhood of Strabo's Cape Nerium,[2] modern day Cape Prior[3][4][5][6]) (Galician pronunciation: [feˈrɔl]), is a city in the Province of A Coruña in Galicia, on the Atlantic coast in north-western Spain. According to the 2014 census, the city has a population of 70,389.
Ferrol | |
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Municipality | |
 Ferrol Port | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Ferrol Location of Ferrol within Galicia  Ferrol Ferrol (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′N 8°15′W / 43.467°N 8.250°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| Province | A Coruña |
| Comarca | Ferrol |
| Fishing Village | 1st century BC |
| Christian Outpost | 8th century |
| Royal Arsenal | 16th century |
| Royal Dockyard | 18th century |
| Parishes | Brión, A Cabana, Covas, Doniños, Esmelle, Ferrol, A Graña, Leixa, Mandiá, Marmancón, A Mariña, Trasancos, Serantes |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-council |
| • Body | Concello de Ferrol |
| • Mayor | Jorge Suárez (Ferrol en Común) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 81.9 km2 (31.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 66,799 |
| • Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | ferrolan (m), ferrolana (f) |
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Postcode | 15401–15406 |
| Area code | +34 981 |
| Website | http://www.ferrol.es/ |
References
change- ↑ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ↑ Jones, Horace Leonard (1949). The Geography Of Strabo Vol.2. pp. 7–8.
- ↑ Jones, Horace Leonard (1949). The Geography Of Strabo Vol.2. p. 69.
- ↑ Ptolemaeus, Claudius. "Atlas - Claudius Ptolemaeus Geographia - Ancient Geography - EuropaeIiTab.hispania". archive.org. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature. Archibald Constable. 1823. p. 484.
- ↑ Prévost, abbé; Gmelin, Johann Georg (1746). Histoire générale des voyages, ou nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à present dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues ... Tome premier [-vingtième]. John Carter Brown Library. A Paris, : chez Didot ... p. 36.
