As Pontes de García Rodríguez

As Pontes de García Rodríguez
Town hall.
Eume
Government
• Mayor	Valentín González Formoso
Area
• Total	249.4 km2 (96.3 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	10,237
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	pontés, -a
Website	Official website

As Pontes de García Rodríguez is a municipality in the northwest of the province of

. 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

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

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
• 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

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

  the "Fragas" of the River Eume Natural Park

References

External links

• Media related to As Pontes de García Rodríguez at Wikimedia Commons