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Ferrol

municipality of Galicia, Spain, in the La Coruña province
Administrative Area Municipality Of Galicia Q485329

Facts

29 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Galicia
Official website
www.ferrol.gal[20]
Official name
Ferrol, El Ferrol del Caudillo, El Ferrol[39]

Location

Country
Spain[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 43.484°, -8.233°[18]
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
A Coruña Province[2]
Shares border with
Narón[7]

Population and size

Area
+82.70
Elevation above sea level
+0
Female population
+35038[40]
Male population
+31027[41]
Population
64k (64k–80k, n=25)[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]

Codes

Postal code
15401–15406[14]
More facts +15
Part of
Wikidata item, Ferrol[15][16]
Capital of
Ferrol[38]
Capital
Ferrol[6]
Coat of arms
Escudo de Ferrol[13]
Demonym
ferrolani
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[35][36][37]
Different from
El Ferrol
Diocese
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol[19]
Has list
Eleccións municipais en Ferrol
Head of government
Jorge Juan Suárez Fernández, Ángel Manuel Mato Escalona, José Manuel Rey Varela, Vicente Luis Irisarri Castro, José Manuel Rey Varela[5]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Spain, WikiProject Galicia, WikiProject Cities
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikiproject Toponymy
Owner of
Municipal Stadium of A Malata
Patron saint
Julian of Toledo[17]
Twinned administrative body
Adelaide, Lugo, Mondoñedo, Vila do Conde, Cartagena[8][9][10][11][12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ferrol ar فيرول، لا كرونيا ar فيرول، قرجيطة cs El Ferrol de El Ferrol de Ferrolterra el Φερρόλ es Ferrol del Caudillo es El Ferrol es El Ferrol del Caudillo fa فرول fi El Ferrol fi El Ferrol del Caudillo fi Ferrol del Caudillo fr El Ferrol fr Le Ferrol fr O Ferrol he פרול id El Ferrol it Ferrolterra
🔖 Identifiers · 37
VIAF cluster ID
125721039
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 125721039 BnF data 554145424564886831028 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2009040913
GND ID
4092482-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ferrol-021.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
7655
BBC Things ID
61235cf9-90e7-4f3d-9336-6ea0e299e0e2
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15286923f
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4611
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0004769
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
127156
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Ferrol
FAST ID
1892607
Show all 37 identifiers +25
Facebook username
ConcellodeFerrol
FactGrid item ID
Carl Kellner
Freebase ID
/m/040w7h
Galiciana authority ID
29291
GeoNames ID
6357306
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6357306 BnF data 3123493 edition 2026-10-01 · fr-lo ↗GND (DNB) 3123493 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ferrol
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0026897
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Ferrol
INE code
15036
INSPIRE ID
ES.IGN.BDDAE.34121515036
J9U entity ID
987007567011605171
MusicBrainz area ID
34c01c1a-9b8d-41fe-a89a-9015ce7a922b
NL CR AUT ID
ge292882
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX450972
OpenStreetMap relation ID
346812
OpenWeatherMap city ID
3123493
SNARC ID
AC ChievoVerona
Topic's main category
Category:Ferrol, Spain
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10045301
UN/LOCODE
ESFRO
Who's on First ID
101748407
X (Twitter) username
ferroloficial
Yale LUX ID
place/e298e5f8-451d-4fe6-87aa-0973d7a865c5
YouTube channel ID
UC_0NlPQ6aOitjXrjFUtGtcg
YouTube handle
ferroloficial
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/Madrid 2026-09-26 A/ADM3 · ES GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
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Transform
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🔗 Connections
People born here 84
Francisco Franco, Álvaro Fernández, Concepción Arenal Ponte, José Canalejas, Pablo Iglesias Posse, Álex López, Nacho Novo, Ramón Franco Bahamonde +76 more
Contained subdivisions 19
University of A Coruña, Ferrol railway station, A Graña, A Cabana, Ferrol, Brión, Ferrol, Costa Ártabra, Covas, Doniños, Ferrol +11 more
← Location of creation 18
Príncipe de Asturias, Juan Carlos I, HTMS Chakri Naruebet, Jaime I, Canarias, Almirante Cervera, Álvaro de Bazán, Blas de Lezo +10 more
← Place of publication 8
El Diario de Ferrol, Diario del Ferrol, El Águila, El Clamor Público, El Pensamiento de Galicia, El Pueblo Gallego, Erte..!, Ferrol Diario
People who died here 7
Ángela Ruiz Robles, Antonio Azarola y Gresillón, Benito Vicetto Pérez, Moncho Reboiras, Julia Uceda, Francisco Moreno Fernández, Juan Ángel Michelena
← Headquarters location 6
Racing Club de Ferrol, Empresa Nacional Bazán, CB OAR Ferrol, El Diario de Ferrol, Universitario de Ferrol, El Ferrol Diario
Twinned administrative body 5
Adelaide, Lugo, Cartagena, Mondoñedo, Vila do Conde
← Twinned administrative body 5
Adelaide, Lugo, Cartagena, Mondoñedo, Vila do Conde
← Category combines topics 4
Category:People from Ferrol, Spain, Category:Births in Ferrol, Category:Sports in Ferrol, Category:Parishes of Ferrol
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
← Manufacturer 3
Alfonso XII-class cruiser, Spanish cruiser Reina Cristina, Spanish cruiser Isabel II
Head of government 2
José Manuel Rey Varela, José Manuel Rey Varela
Located in this place 2
Municipal Stadium of A Malata, Islands Voyage
Maintained by WikiProject 2
WikiProject Cities, WikiProject Spain
Belongs to 1
Ferrol
Capital 1
Ferrol
Capital of 1
Ferrol
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Ferrol
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Ferrol, Spain
Country 1
Spain
Diocese 1
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
FactGrid item ID 1
Carl Kellner
Instance of 1
municipality of Galicia
Located in or next to body of water 1
Atlantic Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
A Coruña Province
Located in time zone 1
UTC+01:00
Owner of 1
Municipal Stadium of A Malata
Part of 1
Ferrol
Patron saint 1
Julian of Toledo
SNARC ID 1
AC ChievoVerona
Shares border with 1
Narón
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ferrol, Spain
← Capital 1
Ferrol
← Capital of 1
Ferrol
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ferrol, Spain
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Ferrol
← Location of formation 1
Real Coro Toxos e Froles
← Primary destinations 1
European route E1
← Shares border with 1
Narón
← Shipping port 1
SPS Patiño
← Work location 1
Ricardo Carballo Calero
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Summary

Ferrol is a municipality of Galicia[1].

Related Entities

Adelaide Cartagena Concepción Arenal Ponte David R.Vidal Francisco Franco Luz Castro Pena Oscar Fontenla-Romero Real Coro Toxos e Froles Spain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · Dodro · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Galiciana authority ID → 29291
    Located in time zone → —
    Official name → Ferrol, El Ferrol del Caudillo, El Ferrol
    "Created claim: Galiciana authority ID: 29291"
  2. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Ferrol
    Coordinate location → —
    Population → 71,232, 71,997, 72,963 +22
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Ferrol
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:فیرول"
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