Ferrol, Spain
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| Coordinates: 43°28′N 8°15′W / 43.467°N 8.250°WCoordinates: 43°28′N 8°15′W / 43.467°N 8.250°W | |||
| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Galicia | ||
| Province | A Coruña | ||
| Comarca | Ferrol | ||
| Fishing Village | 1st century BC | ||
| Christian Outpost | 8th century | ||
| Royal Arsenal | 16th century | ||
| Royal Dockyard | 18th century | ||
| Parishes | Brión, A Cabana, Covas, Doniños, Esmelle, Ferrol, A Graña, Leixa, Mandiá, Marmancón, A Mariña, Trasancos, Serantes | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Mayor-council | ||
| • Body | Concello de Ferrol | ||
| • Mayor | Jorge Suárez (Ferrol en Común) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 81.9 km2 (31.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2014)INE | |||
| • Total | 70,389 | ||
| Demonym(s) | ferrolan (m), ferrolana (f) | ||
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) (UTC) | ||
| Postcode | 15401 - 15406 | ||
| Area code(s) | +34 981 | ||
| Website | http://www.ferrol.es/ | ||
Ferrol (Galician pronunciation: [feˈrɔl]), is a city in the Province of A Coruña in Galicia, located on the Atlantic coast in north-western Spain. According to the 2014 census, the city has a population of 70,389 making it the 5th largest settlement in Galicia. With Eume to the south and Ortegal the north, Ferrol forms the Ferrolterra conurbation, the third largest in Galicia which has a total population of over 203,444.
The city has been a major naval shipbuilding centre for most of its history, being the capital of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the North since the time of the early Bourbons. Before that, in the 17th century, Ferrol was the most important arsenal in Europe. Today, the city is also known as the home of the shipbuilding yards of Navantia.
The city was the birthplace of the Spanish General and dictator Francisco Franco in 1892, and was officially known as El Ferrol del Caudillo from 1938 to 1982. It was also the birthplace of the founder of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Pablo Iglesias, in 1850.
The first historical mention of this settlement, then called Adobrica, is in the history of Pomponius Mela, a Roman historian who wrote in the year AD 43 detailing a description of the Portus Magnus Artabrorum, the "great port of the Artabri". The current toponym Ferrol, though, can only be traced back to the Middle Ages; a document of 1087 instances sancto Iuliano de Ferrol, where Ferrol is probably the local evolution of the genitive form of the Latin name Ferreolus; Ferrol was probably, in origin, the estate of one Ferreolus. In 1982 the government of Spain adopted officially Ferrol in consonance with its long history and tradition.
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