Castropol
| Castropol | |||
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| Municipality | |||
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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(s) | 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 municipality in Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of a parish within the municipality and a town within the parish.
The municipality of Castropol has a population of 3696 (INE, 2014). It is bounded on the north by the Cantabrian Sea and on the west by a coastal inlet, or ria, which separates it from the municipality of Ribadeo in Galicia. To the west it is bordered by Tapia de Casariego, by El Franco, Boal and other Asturian municipalities, and to the south by Vegadeo and Villanueva de Oscos.
Castropol is one of the municipalities in which Eonaviego, a Galician-Asturian dialect, is spoken.
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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