Boiro

Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2.

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Settlement.settlement_type: municipality
Settlement.official_name: Concello de Boiro
Settlement.nickname: Boiro
Settlement.image_skyline: Concello Boiro dende estrada (5).jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Boiro.svg
Settlement.image_map: Situacion_Boiro.PNG
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Boiro within Galicia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Parroquias
Settlement.subdivision_name: 8
Settlement.leader_title: Alcalde (Mayor)
Settlement.leader_name: Xosé Deira Triñanes (BNG)
Settlement.area_total_km2: 86

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Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2.

Boiro was where the controversial assisted suicide of quadriplegic Ramón Sampedro took place. The town was later used as a setting for the 2004 film Mar Adentro, chronicling Sampedro's later life.