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A Pobra do Brollón


Coordinates: 42°33′25.4″N 7°23′31″W / 42.557056°N 7.39194°W / 42.557056; -7.39194

A Pobra do Brollón is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo in Galicia. It belongs to the comarca named Terra de Lemos. It has a population of 2,066 (Spanish 2010 Census) and an area of 175 km2.

It is bordered to the north by O Incio, to the south by Quiroga and Ribas de Sil, east to by Samos, Folgoso do Courel and Quiroga, and to the west by Monforte de Lemos and Bóveda.

It is located 62 kilometers from the provincial capital.

The municipality of A Pobra do Brollón has an area of 174.8 km2, located between the Valle de Lemos to the west and the Sierra del Caurel to the east. It is characterized by its mountainous topography in the eastern half. The area include the following mountains:

The main rivers are el Cabe, el Saa and el Rubin, which form small and deep valleys. All the rivers in the western half form part of the river basin of the Cabe river while those of the eastern half belong to the basin of the Lor river, making a physical edge by a strip in the east. In the land surrounding the Sil river is a small bank. The most important plant species are pine, chestnut, poplar, gorse, blackberry and Common Broom.


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