Fene

Fene
Municipality

Coat of arms
Fene

Location in Spain.

Coordinates: 43°28′N 8°10′W / 43.467°N 8.167°W / 43.467; -8.167
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
Province A Coruña
Comarca Ferrol
Government
  Mayor Juventino Trigo Rey (BNG, Galician Nationalist Bloc)
Area
  Total 26.29 km2 (10.15 sq mi)
Population (2009)
  Total 14,165
  Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Website Official website

Fene is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located to the northeast of Galicia on the river of Ferrol.

Economy

The Navantia Shipyards and services in the parts which are nearer Ferrol, the rest of the borough devotes itself to farming, agriculture and fishing.

In the late 1960s the gantry crane of the shipyards of Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste (ASTANO) in Ferrolterra was the largest in Europe.


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