Vigo (comarca)
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Vigo is a comarca
in the Galician province of Pontevedra
. The overall population of this local region
is 413,996.
Th comarca is formed from the following municipalities:
Comarca
A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...
in the Galician province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra (province)
Pontevedra is a province of Spain along the country's Atlantic coast in southwestern Europe. The province forms the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia...
. The overall population of this local region
Region
Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...
is 413,996.
Th comarca is formed from the following municipalities:
- BaionaBaiona, PontevedraBaiona is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the province of Pontevedra.Baiona is a tourist town with a medieval historical center situated by the outlet of the Vigo Bay. Its population of just over 11,000 rises to around 45,000 in the summer, if one includes tourists...
- Fornelos de MontesFornelos de MontesFornelos de Montes is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra....
- GondomarGondomar, PontevedraGondomar is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Home of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta...
- Mos
- NigránNigránNigrán is a municipality of Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra, near Vigo, the most important town in Galicia.- External links :******...
- Pazos de BorbénPazos de BorbénPazos de Borbén is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra....
- Porriño
- RedondelaRedondelaRedondela is a small town in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, northwestern Spain.-Parroquias:* Cabeiro* Cedeira* Cesantes* Chapela* Negros* Quintela* Reboreda* Redondela* Saxamonde* Trasmañó* Ventosela* Vilar de Infesta* O Viso- See also :...
- Salceda de CaselasSalceda de CaselasSalceda de Caselas is a municipality in Galicia, Spain, in the province of Pontevedra. It is bordered to the north by the municipality of Ponteareas, to the west by the municipality of Salvaterra de Miño, to the east by the municipality of Tui, and to the south by Porriño.Francisco Estévez, father...
- SoutomaiorSoutomaiorSoutomaior is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra....
- VigoVigoVigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...