Castropol
| Castropol | |||
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Castropol seen from the east across the Eo river estuary c.1975 | |||
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  Castropol Location in Spain | |||
| Coordinates: 43°32′N 7°2′W / 43.533°N 7.033°WCoordinates: 43°32′N 7°2′W / 43.533°N 7.033°W | |||
| Country |
 Spain | ||
| Autonomous community |
 Asturias | ||
| Province | Asturias | ||
| Comarca | Eo-Navia | ||
| Judicial district | Castropol | ||
| Capital | Castropol | ||
| Government | |||
| • Alcalde | José Ángel Pérez García (PSOE) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 125.77 km2 (48.56 sq mi) | ||
| Highest elevation | 1,197 m (3,927 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| • Total | 3,900 | ||
| • Density | 31/km2 (80/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | castropolense | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 33760, 33768, 33769, 33778 and 33794 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Castropol is a County in Asturias, Spain. It is also a parish within that county and a town within the parish. The town of Castropol is the county seat.
The county of Castropol has a population of 3696 inhabitants (INE, 2014). It limits to the north with the Cantabric sea and to the west to the ria of Ribadeo, which separates it from the county of Ribadeo in Galicia. To the west it limits with Tapia de Casariego, El Franco y el Boal, other asturian counties. To the south with Vegadeo and Vilanueva de Oscos.
It is one of the municipalities in which eonaviego is spoken (a Galician-Asturian dialect).
Parishes
It has nine parishes (administrative divisions):
References
Memorial to Fernando Villaamil erected in 1911 in Castropol
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Peñarronda Beach
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