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Castropol

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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Eo-Navia

Capital
  
Castropol

Area
  
125.8 km²

Province
  
Asturias

Autonomous community
  
Asturias

Judicial district
  
Castropol

Highest elevation
  
1,197 m (3,927 ft)

Local time
  
Monday 1:16 PM

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Weather
  
17°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 66% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Playa de Penarronda, Playa de Arnao

Castropol is a municipality in Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of a parish within the municipality and a town within the parish.

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Map of Castropol, Asturias, Spain

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):

  • Balmonte
  • Barres
  • Castropol
  • Figueras
  • Moldes
  • Piñera
  • Presno
  • Seares
  • Tol
  • References

    Castropol Wikipedia