A Coruña

Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of the municipality of A Coruña within Galicia
	Coordinates: 43°21′54″N 8°24′36″W / 43.365°N 8.410°WCoordinates: 43°21′54″N 8°24′36″W / 43.365°N 8.410°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous ; community	Galicia
Province	A Coruña
Comarca	A Coruña
Parishes	A Coruña, Elviña, Oza, San Cristovo das Viñas, Visma
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Body	Council of A Coruña
• Mayor	Xulio Ferreiro (Marea Atlántica)
Area
• Municipality	37.83 km2 (14.61 sq mi)
Population (2008)INE
• Municipality	246,056
• Density	6,613/km2 (17,130/sq mi)
• Metro	419,800
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2)
Postcode	15001-15011
Website	www.coruna.es or www.coruna.gal

A Coruña is a city on the north coast of Spain. It is a municipality of Galicia, Spain, and the second-largest city in Galicia. It is the 17th largest city in Spain.

The city is the capital of A Coruña Province, and was the political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia.^[1]^[2]

A Coruña Media

Sheet corresponding to A Coruña from the 2016 IGN's National Topographic Map of Spain
Compass rose representing the different Celtic peoples (near the Tower of Hercules)
Castro de Elviña, the remnant of a Celtic military structure in A Coruña
San Antón Castle [es]
Mosaic map to commemorate the Battle of Elviña. The yellow dot shows the location of the mosaic.
The Obelisk, dedicated to Don Aureliano Linares Rivas in 1895
Panoramic view of the city from St Peter's Mountain.
Celtic King Breogan in A Coruña
Mapa del Área metropolitana de La Coruña, España.
Galerías in A Coruña

References

↑ "La Coruña, capital militar y administrativa del Reino..." de Artaza, Manuel María (1998). Rey, reino y representacion: la Junta General del Reino de Galicia (1599–1834. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. p. 71. ISBN 978-84-00-07779-2.
↑ "The city of Corunna, Armory, Capital, and Head of the Kingdom of Galicia..." (1748), in Vigo Trasancos, Alfredo (1998). "El capitan general Pedro Martin Cermeno y el Reino de Galicia". Semata Ciencias Socias e Humanidades. University Santiago de Compostela. 10: 177. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

Other websites

Media related to A Coruña at Wikimedia Commons

A Coruña travel guide from Wikivoyage

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[1] "La Coruña, capital militar y administrativa del Reino..." de Artaza, Manuel María (1998). Rey, reino y representacion: la Junta General del Reino de Galicia (1599–1834. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. p. 71. ISBN 978-84-00-07779-2.

[2] "The city of Corunna, Armory, Capital, and Head of the Kingdom of Galicia..." (1748), in Vigo Trasancos, Alfredo (1998). "El capitan general Pedro Martin Cermeno y el Reino de Galicia". Semata Ciencias Socias e Humanidades. University Santiago de Compostela. 10: 177. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

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