Castropol

Castropol is a municipality in Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of a parish within the municipality and a town within the parish.

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Settlement.name: Castropol
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Castropol_desde_la_Lieira.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Castropol seen from the east across the Eo river estuary c.1975
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_castropol.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Castropol.svg
Settlement.flag_size: 150
Settlement.shield_size: 75
Settlement.image_map: Castropol.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Asturias
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Eo-Navia
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Judicial district

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Official name: Castropol
Demonym: castropolense
Population: 3202
Area: 125.44
Elevation: 31
Official website: www.castropol.es
Image: Castropol (RPS 22-07-2020) visto desde Ribadeo.png
Households: 1931

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Commons category: Castropol
postal code: 33794
female population: 1741
male population: 1661
P8168: Jeruzal

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Castropol is a municipality in Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of a parish within the municipality and a town within the parish.

The municipality of Castropol has a population of 3696 (INE, 2014). It is bounded on the north by the Cantabrian Sea and on the west by a coastal inlet, or ria, which separates it from the municipality of Ribadeo in Galicia, called the river Eo. To the west it is bordered by Tapia de Casariego, by El Franco, Boal and other Asturian municipalities, and to the south by Vegadeo and Villanueva de Oscos.