O Porriño

"Porriño" redirects here. For other uses, see Porrino (disambiguation).
O Porriño
Municipality
O Porriño train station (February 2011)
O Porriño train station (February 2011)
Coat of arms of O Porriño
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of O Porriño within Galicia
Location of the municipality of O Porriño within Galicia
O Porriño is located in Spain
O Porriño
O Porriño
Coordinates: 42°10′00″N 8°37′00″W / 42.16666°N 8.61666°W / 42.16666; -8.61666
CountrySpain
Autonomous CommunityGalicia
ProvincePontevedra
ComarcaVigo
ParrishesAtios, Budiño, Cans, Chenlo, Mosende, Pontellas, Porriño, Torneiros
Government
 • TypeMayor–council
 • BodyConcello do Porriño
 • MayorAlejandro Lorenzo (PP)
Area
 • Total
62 km2 (24 sq mi)
 • Land62 km2 (24 sq mi)
 • Water0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Elevation
109 m (358 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
19,740
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Demonym(s)porriñés, -a
Time zoneCET (GMT +1)
 • Summer (DST)CEST (GMT +2)
Post code
36400
Area code+34 986
WebsiteOfficial website

O Porriño is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo.

As an industrial town in the Vigo metropolitan area, it has an important economic significance. One of its main industries is granite production; the variety of granite produced in O Porriño is known as Rosa Porriño ("Porriño Pink"), and is exported from the Port of Vigo mainly to Italy, Japan and China.

On 9 September 2016, a Portuguese train travelling from Vigo to Porto derailed near O Porriño railway station, killing the driver and at least three other people on board.[2]

Parroquias

The municipality is formed of eight parroquias (parishes)

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Deadly train crash in north-west Spain". BBC News. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
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