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Monterrei
Sign in to saveMonterrei, historically spelled Monterrey in Spanish and English, is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Verín.
Key facts
- Settlement.leader_party
- PP
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Monterrei
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Cruceiro Ourense Galiza.jpg
- Settlement.caption
- Castle of Monterrei
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandeira_de_Monterrei_Ourense_Galiza.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Monterrei.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Monterrei
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ourense
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Verín
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 119.1
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 521
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Galicia
- Official name
- Monterrei
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- Ourense
- Population
- 2403
- Area
- 118.8
- Elevation
- 521
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Montalegre
- Official website
- www.monterrei.es
- Image
- Monterrei Galiza.JPG
- Licence plate code
- OU
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Encyclopedic overview
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Monterrei, historically spelled Monterrey in Spanish and English, is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Verín.
Monterrei is well known for its castle, built in the 10th century. The Mexican city of Monterrey was named in honour of Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, as well as the American city of Monterey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monterrei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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