Camariñas
Sign in to saveCamariñas is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Soneira. An important fishing center, it is renowned all over Spain by the bobbin lace work of its women (the palilleiras).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Camariñas
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Camariñas (1966).svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cabo Vilán. Camariñas. Galiza.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Cabo Vilán, northwest of Camariñas
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain Province of A Coruña#Spain Galicia#Spain
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- A Coruña
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Terra de Soneira
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Partido judicial
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Corcubión
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Manuel Valeriano Alonso de León
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 51.60
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Official name
- Camariñas
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- A Coruña Province
- Population
- 5075
- Area
- 51.6
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Shares border with
- Vimianzo
- Official website
- www.camarinas.net
- Image
- Pleamar.jpg
- Licence plate code
- C
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- Commons category
- Camariñas
- postal code
- 15123
- topic's main category
- Category:Camariñas
- Commons gallery
- Camariñas
- male population
- 2577
- female population
- 2695
- P8168
- Holbæk
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Camariñas is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Terra de Soneira. An important fishing center, it is renowned all over Spain by the bobbin lace work of its women (the palilleiras).
To the northwest are the impressive cliffs of Cape Vilan (Cabo Vilán "Cape Villain", due to bad currents and many wrecks), a protected natural site.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Camariñas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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