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Corcubión
municipality
Casa consistorial de Corcubión.jpg
Coat of arms of Corcubión
Coat of arms
Location of Corcubión within Galicia
Location of Corcubión within Galicia
Area
 • Total 6.58 km2 (2.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 1,578
 • Density 239.82/km2 (621.1/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.corcubion.info/en

Corcubión (AGAL ortography: Corcubiom) is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Fisterra.

It is located on the river with the same name.

Panorama Corcubion
View from the promenade

History

Corcubión belonged to the county of Traba, but later passed into the hands of the Count of Altamira.

Linguistic status

The local government of the municipality was the first public institution to officially use the AGAL norm of the Galician language according to the Reintegrationism ideas, as seen in its website, offering options for "Galician" (NOMIGa) and "Galician-Portuguese" (AGAL), as well as Spanish and English.

Demography

From:INE Archiv

See also

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