Boiro is a municipality

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 of Spain

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 in the Province of A Coruña

A Coruña (province)

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, in the autonomous community of Galicia.

It is perhaps best known as the small town where famous quadriplegic

Quadriplegia

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 (and Galician) Ramón Sampedro

Ramón Sampedro

Ramón Sampedro was a ship fisherman from Galicia, Spain, who became a quadriplegic in a diving accident at the age of 25 and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the next 29 years....

 received euthanasia

Euthanasia

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. The town was thus filmed in for the 2004

2004 in film

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 film Mar Adentro

Mar adentro

The Sea Inside is a 2004 film by the Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar. It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro , a Spanish ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving accident and his 29-year campaign in support of euthanasia and the right to end his life.- Plot summary :This is...

, which won an Oscar

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Boiro is also well-known for local tourists that come from inner Spain to enjoy the milder climate and landscape, most notably the Barbanza mountain chain, Praia de Barraña (which lies close to the town center), and Carragueiros and Mañóns beaches (one in O Castro parish and the other in Abanqueiro parish).