Mañón

For other uses, see Manon (disambiguation).

Concello de Mañón

Coat of arms

Situation of Mañón within Galicia

Parroquias

As Grañas do Sor, As Ribeiras do Sor, Bares, Mañón & Mogor

Area

• Total

81.1 km² (31.3 sq mi)

Population (2003)

• Total

2,032 (INE)

Website

http://www.concellomanon.org

Mañón (Galician pronunciation: [maˈɲoŋ]), also registered in the past as Maañón 43°46′09.10″N 7°41′08.09″W / 43.7691944°N 7.6855806°W / 43.7691944; -7.6855806, is a municipality in North-western Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It belongs to the comarca of Ortegal. Ferrolterra's population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).

"O Barqueiro" and "Estaca de Bares" Ports

Fishing port
Sport port

Geography, History and General information

Mañón belongs to the Ferrolterra region of Ortegal and it is made up by five parishes, with 2,032 inhabitants, who are disseminated over its 82.1 km².

This council forms a narrow and long band of land that joins mountain, river and sea. The fertile freshwater of the river Sor ploughs its rugged lands from south to north.

Example of a Granite Coast; typical of Galicia

Remains of a dolmen in Pena Branca

The mountainous alignments of the Serra da Faladoira and Serra da Coriscada, the valleys of the Sor river and its estuary, and the peninsula that forms Estaca de Bares offers a very attractive landscape and of exceptional natural value.

At monumental level, they emphasize the prehistoric rest like mámoas of Estaca de Bares and the possibly prehistoric (built in Middle Age according to other sources) port; in addition to Roman necropolis in A Ponte do Porto.

Some of its parochial churches are worthy of mention considering its rusticity and integration to the surroundings.

Mañón has a very particular geographical structure and the river Sor ploughs deep valleys with plenty of vegetation, which contrasts with the leafy high areas of the mountain range. The serpent shapes drawn by the Sor and its tributaries along their courses form a succession of inserted meanders, which form valleys with a lot of vegetation, where we can see rapid and beautiful waterfalls. The weather is wet oceanic and the mild winters are followed by fresh summers. The rainfall is particularly abundant, but due to the relief, there are local microweathers, as happens in the banks of the river Sor, where the vegetation is partially responsible for the weather changes. These physical and weather conditions, as well as its privileged situation between two seas, made Estaca de Bares to be declared 'natural area of national interest', and more recently, a protected area.

Parishes

Bares, As Grañas (do Sor), Mañón, As Ribeiras (do Sor)

Miscellaneous Data

Inhabitants: 2,032 (2003)

Extension: 82 km²

External links

(Spanish) Site devoted to the art of landscape and nature of Ferrolterra
(English) Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority
(Spanish) Web-site dedicated to the history of Mañón and Estaca de Bares|

City Councils of the three Regions of Ferrolterra

Ferrol	Ares Fene Ferrol Moeche Mugardos Narón Neda Cedeira San Sadurniño As Somozas Valdoviño

Eume	Cabanas A Capela Monfero Pontedeume As Pontes de García Rodríguez

Ortegal	Cariño Cerdido Mañón Ortigueira

Ancient lands of the Counts of Andrade and Vilalba in the 14th century

Ports and lighthouses under the Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao

Port of San Cibrao with four Lighthouses Port of Alumina Espanola with six Lighthouses Roncadoira Point with one Lighthouse Ria and Port of Vivero with seven Lighthouses Port of O Barqueiro with five Lighthouses Estaca de Bares Point with one Lighthouse Santa Marta's Cove and the Ports of Espasante and Carino with four Lighthouses Candelaria Point with one Lighthouse Port of Cedeira with four Lighthouses A Frouxeira Point with one Lighthouse Cape Prior with two Lighthouses Ria of Ferrol and the Ports of Ferrol Outer-port, A Graña, Mugardos and Ferrol Inner-port with twenty three Lighthouses

Municipalities of the province of A Coruña

Abegondo Ames Aranga Ares Arteixo Arzúa A Baña Bergondo Betanzos Boimorto Boiro Boqueixón Brión Cabana de Bergantiños Cabanas Camariñas Cambre A Capela Carballo Cariño Carnota Carral Cedeira Cee Cerceda Cerdido Coirós Corcubión Coristanco A Coruña Culleredo Curtis Dodro Dumbría Fene Ferrol Fisterra Frades Irixoa A Laracha Laxe Lousame Malpica de Bergantiños Mañón Mazaricos Melide Mesía Miño Moeche Monfero Mugardos Muros Muxía Narón Neda Negreira Noia Oleiros Ordes Oroso Ortigueira Outes Oza-Cesuras Paderne Padrón O Pino A Pobra do Caramiñal Ponteceso Pontedeume As Pontes de García Rodríguez Porto do Son Rianxo Ribeira Rois Sada San Sadurniño Santa Comba Santiago de Compostela Santiso Sobrado As Somozas Teo Toques Tordoia Touro Trazo Val do Dubra Valdoviño Vedra Vilarmaior Vilasantar Vimianzo Zas

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