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A Illa de Arousa
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municipality of Spain
Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Galicia
- Province
- Pontevedra
- Comarca
- Salnés
- Alcalde
- Luis Arosa García ( PSdeG-PSOE ; government alliance with BNG )
- Total
- 7 km (2.7 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 9 m (30 ft)
- Density
- 690/km (1,800/sq mi)
- Demonym s
- Arousán, á
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- http://www.ailladearousa.es/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Part of
- O Salnés
- Official name
- Illa de Arousa, A
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Pontevedra Province
- Population
- 4809
- Area
- 7
- Elevation
- 9
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.ailladearousa.es
- Image
- A Illa de Arousa.Galicia.30.jpg
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- Commons category
- A Illa de Arousa
- postal code
- 36626
- located in/on physical feature
- Arousa
- P8168
- Roman Pivarník
- Commons gallery
- A Illa de Arousa
- male population
- 2458
- female population
- 2468
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Encyclopedic overview
A Illa de Arousa ( Galician: [ɐ ˈiʎɐ ð(e) aˈɾowsɐ]; unofficial Spanish: Isla de Arosa) is the only island municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. It is located in the heart of the Ria de Arousa. According to 2021 INE the island's population was 4,951 inhabitants. The population is divided into several neighborhoods, and places of interest are the lighthouse's environment, the island of Areoso (close to the Illa de Arousa) and Carreirón Natural Park, which is listed as a special protection zone for heron populations among other birds that inhabit the island. The Holy viewpoint is the highest point on the island. "San Xulián da Illa de Arousa" is the only parish in this island. Some of its beaches are A Area da Secada, A Lavanqueira, O Vao, Camaxe, Carreirón, Espiñeiro and O Cabodeiro.
A Illa de Arousa has five ports. Xufre is the most important and the other important docks include O Campo, Chazo and Cabodeiro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “A Illa de Arousa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.