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Fene, Galicia

Fene
Municipality
Coat of arms of Fene
Coat of arms
Fene is located in Spain
Fene
Fene
Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 43°28′N 8°10′W / 43.467°N 8.167°W / 43.467; -8.167
Country Spain
Autonomous community Galicia
Province A Coruña
Comarca Ferrol
Government
 • Mayor Juventino Trigo Rey (BNG, Galician Nationalist Bloc)
Area
 • Total 26.29 km2 (10.15 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Total 14,165
 • Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Website Official website

Fene is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located to the northeast of Galicia on the river of Ferrol.

The Navantia Shipyards and services in the parts which are nearer Ferrol, the rest of the borough devotes itself to farming, agriculture and fishing.

In the late 1960s the gantry crane of the shipyards of Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste (ASTANO) in Ferrolterra was the largest in Europe.



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