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Gondomar
Official seal of Gondomar
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Location of Gondomar within Galicia
Location of Gondomar within Galicia
Country Spain
Region Galicia
Province Pontevedra
County Vigo
Parishes Borreiros (San Martiño), Chaín (Santa María), Couso, Donas (Santa Baia), Gondomar (San Bieito), Mañufe (San Vicente), Morgadáns (Santiago), Peitieiros (San Miguel), Vilaza (Santa María), Vincios (Santa Mariña)
Area
 • Total 74.5 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 14,236
 • Density 191.09/km2 (494.9/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CET)
Postcode
36380
Website https://concellodegondomar.gal/

Gondomar is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo. It was the hometown of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta Maria Anna in marriage.

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