A Coruña
A Coruña (Galician: [ɐ koˈɾuɲɐ] ⓘ; Spanish: La Coruña [la koˈɾuɲa] ⓘ; also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest city, behind Vigo. The city is the provincial capital of the province of A Coruña, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982.
A Coruña
La Coruña (Spanish) | |
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Municipality | |
| A Coruña | |
City hall Tower of Hercules Glass galleries | |
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Seal Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: A Cidade de Cristal (The Glass City) | |
| Motto(s): A Coruña, a cidade onde ninguén é forasteiro (A Coruña, the city where nobody is an outsider) | |
Location of A Coruña | |
A Coruña A Coruña | |
| Coordinates: 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 | Ayuntamiento |
| • Body | Concello da Coruña |
| • Mayor | Inés Rey (PSdeG-PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 37.83 km2 (14.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Municipality | 247,604 |
| • Density | 6,613/km2 (17,130/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 431,332 |
| Demonyms | corunnan (en) coruñés, coruñesa (gl / es) |
| GDP | |
| • Metro | €25.231 billion (2020) |
| Time zone | CET (GMT +1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) |
| Postcode | 15001-15011 |
| Area codes | +34 981 and +34 881 |
| Website | www |
A Coruña is located on a promontory in the Golfo Ártabro, a large gulf on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the main industrial and financial centre of northern Galicia, and holds the headquarters of the Universidade da Coruña. A Coruña is the Spanish city featuring the tallest mean-height of buildings, also featuring a population density of 21,972 inhabitants per square kilometre (56,910/sq mi) of built land area.