Province of A Coruña

A Coruña
Province
Senate		4 senators (out of 264)
Website	www.dicoruna.es

The province of A Coruña (Galician:

to the east.

History

Mediterranean

.

The history of this province starts at the end of the

. Since 1833, the province has always been the one with the largest population and largest coast. Until the second half of the 20th century, this province was both the religious and cultural centre of the entire region. The University of Santiago de Compostela was the only university in North-western Spain until the arrival of democracy after the death of General Francisco Franco.

Population

A Coruña Province Population c. 1787
District	population
City of A Coruña	13,575
City of Ferrol (Civilian Pop. Only)	24,993
Santiago de Compostela	15,584
Towns, villages and hamlets	c.229,123
All the Province (Total):	283,275
(Ferrol - Urban History, 2004) [1]

A Coruña Province Population c. 1833
District	population
City of A Coruña	23,000
City of Ferrol (Civilian Pop. Only)	13,000
Santiago de Compostela	28,000
Towns, villages and hamlets	c.233,000
All the Province (Total):	c.297,000
( U. P. Gazetteer By Th.Baldwin, 1847) [2]

A Coruña Province Population c. 1900
District	population
City of A Coruña	43,971
City of Ferrol (Civilian Pop. Only)	25,281
Santiago de Compostela	24,120
Towns, villages and hamlets	580,184
All the Province (Total):	653,556
(Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911) s:User:Tim Starling/ScanSet PNG demo

Since 1877

Main sights

The

which still gathers thousands of pilgrims each year from all over the world.

Parks

• Pontevedra
  .
• Ferrolterra
  .
• The Dunes of Corrubedo Natural Park (Parque Natural das Dunas de Corrubedo e lagoas de Carregal e Vixán) is a beach park at the very end of the Barbanza Peninsula
  .

Transport

Airports and airfields

• Aeroporto da Lavacolla
  in Santiago de Compostela
• Aeroporto de Alvedro in the City of A Coruña
• Heliporto da Graña in the Naval Base of A Graña (Ferrolterra)
• Ferrolterra
  )

Railway

• Spanish National Railway Network Linking every major city: Ferrol, Betanzos, A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela
• Spanish Narrow-Gauge Railways Linking the City of Ferrol with different towns of Ferrol and Ortegal. This line is also known as Ferrol-Irun (Basque Country)
• Spanish High Speed Railway Network (AVE) Linking most major cities of the province with Lisbon and Madrid is under construction.

Economy

Ports

• A Coruña – Major Commercial Port – Rías Altas
• Malpica – Fishing Port – Costa da Morte
• Camariñas – Fishing Port – Costa da Morte
• Fisterra
  – Fishing Port – Costa da Morte
• Rias altas
• Cariño – Fishing Port – Rias altas
• Espasante – Fishing Port – Rias altas
• Cedeira – Fishing Port – Rias altas

Sport

• Deportivo de La Coruña Spanish Primera Federación team from the City of A Coruña.
• Racing Ferrol Spanish Segunda División
  team from the City of Ferrol.
• SD Compostela Spanish Segunda Federación team from the City of Santiago de Compostela.
• Atlético Arteixo Spanish Tercera Federación team from the Municipality of Arteixo.
• Bergantiños FC Spanish Tercera Federación team from the Municipality of Carballo.
• SD Negreira Spanish Tercera Division team from the Municipality of Negreira.
• División de Honor
  of Futsal team from the City of Santiago de Compostela.

See also

• List of municipalities in A Coruña

References