Arteixo
Arteixo | |
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Municipality | |
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Location of Arteixo within Galicia | |
Coordinates: 43°18′16″N 8°30′41″W / 43.30444°N 8.51139°WCoordinates: 43°18′16″N 8°30′41″W / 43.30444°N 8.51139°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Galicia |
Province | A Coruña |
Comarca | A Coruña |
Parroquias | Armentón, Arteixo, Barrañán, Chamín, Lañas, Larín, Loureda, Monteagudo, Morás, Oseiro, Pastoriza, Sorrizo, Suevos |
Government | |
• Alcalde (Mayor) | Carlos Calvelo Martínez (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 93.76 km2 (36.20 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 31,917 |
• Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www www |
Arteixo (Galician pronunciation: [aɾˈtejʃo]) is a municipality in the Province of A Coruña, part of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. Its area is 93.76 km2 and its population is 31,005 (2013). Its population density is 317.43 people/km2.
It is an industrial town that belongs to A Coruña metropolitan area.
Notable landmarks are a Repsol refinery - with its associated industry - and the corporate headquarters of Inditex which is better known for its worldwide chain of clothing stores, Zara.[2]
It also has tungsten, titanium and tin mines.
As of 2007, the Outer Harbour of A Coruña is being built here, in the Peninsula, to replace the busy harbour that is now in the city centre. The construction is planned to finish in 2020.
Demographics[]
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Source: From: INE Archiv |
Geography[]
It is drained by rivers Seixedo and Arteixo.
References[]
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Inditex Group - Contact". Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- Municipalities in the Province of A Coruña
- Galicia (Spain) geography stubs