Arteixo
Encyclopedia
Arteixo is a municipality
of Spain
in the Province of A Coruña
, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Its area is 93.76 km² and its population is 29,762 (Jan 2009). Its population density is 317.43 people/km².
It is an industrial town that belongs to A Coruña
metropolitan area.
Notable landmarks are a Repsol YPF refinery
-with its associated industry- and the corporate headquarters of Inditex
which is better known for its worldwide chain of clothing stores, Zara
.
It also has tungsten, titanium and tin mines.
As of 2007, the Outer Harbour of A Coruña
is being built here, in the Punta Langosteira Peninsula, to replace the busy harbour that is now in the city center. The construction is planned to finish in 2012.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
in the Province of A Coruña
A Coruña (province)
The province of A Coruña is the most North-western Atlantic-facing province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia...
, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Its area is 93.76 km² and its population is 29,762 (Jan 2009). Its population density is 317.43 people/km².
It is an industrial town that belongs to A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
metropolitan area.
Notable landmarks are a Repsol YPF refinery
Refinery
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.-Types of refineries:Different types of refineries are as follows:...
-with its associated industry- and the corporate headquarters of Inditex
Inditex
Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. , more commonly known as Inditex, is a large Spanish corporation and the world's largest fashion group. It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing with activities related to textile design, production and distribution...
which is better known for its worldwide chain of clothing stores, Zara
Zara (clothing)
Zara is a Spanish clothing and accessories retailer based in Arteixo, Galicia, and founded in 1975 by Amancio Ortega and Rosalía Mera. It is the flagship chain store of the Inditex group; the fashion group also owns brands such as Massimo Dutti, Pull and Bear, Oysho, Uterqüe, Stradivarius and...
.
It also has tungsten, titanium and tin mines.
As of 2007, the Outer Harbour of A Coruña
A Coruña
A Coruña or La Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country...
is being built here, in the Punta Langosteira Peninsula, to replace the busy harbour that is now in the city center. The construction is planned to finish in 2012.
Demographics
| Population change of the municipality from 1991 to 2009 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2007 | 2004 | 2001 | 1996 | 1991 |
| 29,762 | 27,713 | 25,295 | 23,306 | 20,898 | 17,931 |