Mesía Explained

Mesía
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:A Coruña
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Ordes
Population Demonym:Mesiense
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:15685
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Leader Title:Alcalde
Leader Name:Mariano Iglesias

Mesía is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in Galicia, northwestern Spain. It is part of the comarca of Ordes. It has a population of 2,922 (Spanish 2011 Census) and an area of 107 km2. It contains the ruined mediaeval castle Castillo de Mesía.[1]

Civil parishes

  • Albixoi (Santa María)
  • Bascoi (Santiago)
  • Boado (Santiago)
  • Bruma (San Lorenzo)
  • Cabrui (San Martín)
  • Castro (San Sebastián)
  • Cumbraos (Santa María)
  • Lanzá (San Mamed)
  • Mesía (San Cristóbal)
  • Olas (San Lorenzo)
  • Visantoña (San Martín)
  • Xanceda (San Salvador)

References

43.1°N -8.2667°W

Notes and References

  1. http://patrimoniogalego.net/index.php/31284/2013/01/castelo-de-mesia/ PatrimonioGalego.net: Castelo de Mesía (Xose Troiano 16 January 2013