Malpica de Bergantiños

municipality

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Nickname(s): Bergantiños

Malpica de Bergantiños

Location in Spain.

Coordinates:

Country

Spain

Autonomous community

Galicia

Province

A Coruña

Comarca

Coruña

Government

• Mayor

José Ramón Varela Rey

Area

• Total

61.22 km² (23.64 sq mi)

Elevation

387 m (1,270 ft)

Population (2009)

• Total

6,228

• Density

100/km² (260/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Website

Official website

Malpica de Bergantiños (or simply Malpica) is a municipality of northwestern Spain in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is located 52 kilometers from the provincial capital of A Coruña.

In front of Malpica are the Islas Sisargas, a small archipelago used as shelter by numerous marine birds. Main sights include the Church of Santiago de Mens, in Romanesque style (12th century) and the dolmen of Pedra da Arca.

Demography

From:INE Archiv

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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Malpica de Bergantiños