As Pontes de García Rodríguez

Place in Galicia, Spain

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43°27′N 7°50′W / 43.450°N 7.833°W / 43.450; -7.833Country

SpainAutonomous community

GaliciaProvinceA CoruñaComarcaEumeGovernment

• MayorValentín González FormosoArea

• Total249.4 km² (96.3 sq mi)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total10,237 • Density41/km² (110/sq mi)Demonym(s)pontés, -aWebsiteOfficial website

As Pontes de García Rodríguez is a municipality in the northwest of the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Eume. It is the largest municipality in the province and it has a population of 11,139 inhabitants (INE, 2011).

Economy

The town's economy depends primarily on industry.

The town's main employer is the natural gas power plant run by Endesa. This plant is the largest in Spain and its chimney is the highest structure in the country at 365 meters and the second tallest tower in Europe. The municipality has numerous wind farms and the town itself has three industrial parks.

Nature and tourism

The "Fragas" of the River Eume Natural Park is home to a typical Atlantic Forest landscape. It was declared a Natural park in 1997.

Notable people

Ignacio Echeverría - Spanish lawyer and banker, known for fighting against terrorists during the 2017 London Bridge attack
Miguel Alvariño - Galician athlete
Sabela Ramil - Galician singer-songwriter, known for participating in the Spanish talent show Operación Triunfo
Valentín González Formoso - Galician politician of the Socialists' Party of Galicia

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

As Pontes de García Rodríguez is twinned with:

Arroyo Naranjo, La Havana, Cuba^[2]
Lesneven, Brittany, France^[3]
Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom^[4]

Gallery

Chimney of the As Pontes power plant, Spain. Comparison with the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Endesa coal power plant
The Endesa chimney
Fragas do Eume
Amplexus or Bufo bufo in the "Fragas" of the River Eume Natural Park

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "As Pontes se hermana con la ciudad cubana de Arroyo Naranjo" (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 15 November 2002. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ "Irmanamento Lesneven As Pontes" (in Galician). Amigus. August 2003. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
^ "Os irmandamentos de As Pontes, por Antón Ferreiro" (in Galician). Amigus. 26 August 2003. Retrieved 2023-11-13.

External links

Media related to As Pontes de García Rodríguez at Wikimedia Commons

City Councils of the three Regions of Ferrolterra

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Eume

Cabanas
A Capela
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As Pontes de García Rodríguez

Ortegal

v t e Ancient lands of the Counts of Andrade and Vilalba in the 14th century
Abadín Alfoz Ares Barreiros Burela Cabanas A Capela Cariño Cedeira Cerdido Cervo Cospeito Fene Ferrol Foz Guitiriz Lourenzá Mañón Moeche Mondoñedo Monfero Mugardos Muras Narón Neda Ourol Ortigueira A Pastoriza Pontedeume A Pontenova As Pontes de García Rodríguez Ribadeo Riotorto San Sadurniño As Somozas Trabada O Valadouro Valdoviño O Vicedo Vilalba Vilarmaior Viveiro Xermade Xove

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

v t e 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