Ribadeo

Ribadeo is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo in Galicia. It has a population of 10,023 (INE, 2011) and an area of . It is the capital of the A Mariña Oriental comarca.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ribadeo
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Spanish
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: Ribadeo
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: PortodeportivoRibadeo.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Port of Ribadeo
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Ribadeo.png
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Ribadeo.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain Province of Lugo#Spain Galicia#Spain
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Ribadeo in the Province of Lugo##Location of Ribadeo in Galicia##Location of Ribadeo in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Lugo
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: A Mariña Oriental
Settlement.leader_party: BNG

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Geography
History
Places of interest
Demography
Economy
People from Ribadeo
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Ribadeo is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo in Galicia. It has a population of 10,023 (INE, 2011) and an area of . It is the capital of the A Mariña Oriental comarca.

== Geography == The municipality of Ribadeo has approximately the shape of a 10x10 kilometer square. It is bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea, to the east by the Ribadeo estuary (on the other side of which is Castropol in Asturias), to the west by the municipality of Barreiros and to the south by that of Trabada. The capital of the municipality is the town of Ribadeo. There is one other town - Rinlo - and many small villages and hamlets. The highest point of the municipality is the mountain of Mondigo (), in the parish of Cubelas.

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