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Brión
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Brión () is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Santiago de Compostela and is 13 km to the east of Santiago de Compostela. It has an area of , and a population of 7,519 inhabitants (2014). ==History== Remains of megalithic culture are preserved, such as the Raña Longa mamoas field. The castro culture is preserved in the archaeological site of Santa Cecía, Castle Lupario, or the castles of Lamiño, Boullón, Forxán, Pousada, Vioxo and Ons. Due to the , through these lands the Roman road passed
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Concello de Brión
- Settlement.nickname
- Brión
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of Arms of Brión.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Situacion_Brión.PNG
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Brión within Galicia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Parroquias
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Brión, Os Ánxeles, San Salvador de Bastavales, Bastavales, Boullón, Viceso, Luaña, Ons and Cornanda
- Settlement.leader_title
- Alcalde (Mayor)
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pablo Lago Sanmartín (PSdG)
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 74.9
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Official name
- Brión
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- A Coruña Province
- Population
- 8192
- Area
- 75
- Elevation
- 289
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Negreira
- Official website
- www.infobrion.com
- Image
- Brión-Galicia 1.jpg
- Licence plate code
- C
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- Commons category
- Brión
- Commons gallery
- Brión
- postal code
- 15865
- male population
- 3773
- female population
- 4064
- P8168
- OG
- native label
- Brión
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Brión () is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Santiago de Compostela and is 13 km to the east of Santiago de Compostela. It has an area of , and a population of 7,519 inhabitants (2014). ==History== Remains of megalithic culture are preserved, such as the Raña Longa mamoas field. The castro culture is preserved in the archaeological site of Santa Cecía, Castle Lupario, or the castles of Lamiño, Boullón, Forxán, Pousada, Vioxo and Ons. Due to the , through these lands the Roman road passed through to the sea. The Romans also built the hypocaust of Cirrus.
==Gallery==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brión” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (3)
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2 mapped locations