Gondomar, Pontevedra

Gondomar
Municipality

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Location of Gondomar within Galicia
Coordinates: 42°6′40″N 8°45′40″W / 42.11111°N 8.76111°W / 42.11111; -8.76111Coordinates: 42°6′40″N 8°45′40″W / 42.11111°N 8.76111°W / 42.11111; -8.76111
Country Spain
Region Galicia
Province Pontevedra
County Vigo
Parishes Borreiros (San Martiño), Chaín (Santa María), Couso, Donas (Santa Baia), Gondomar (San Bieito), Mañufe (San Vicente), Morgadáns (Santiago), Peitieiros (San Miguel), Vilaza (Santa María), Vincios (Santa Mariña)
Government
  Mayor Martín Urgal Alonso (People's Party of Galicia)
Area
  Total 74.5 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Population (INE, 2009)
  Total 13,841
  Density 190/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Postcode 36380
Website https://concellodegondomar.gal/

Gondomar is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Home of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta Maria Anna in marriage.

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