Alfoz | |
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Pardo de Cela Castle in Alfoz | |
Location of Alfoz | |
Country | ![]() |
Autonomous community | ![]() |
Province | Lugo |
Comarca | A Mariña Central |
Government | |
• Alcalde | Efigenia Maseda Paz (VIA Alfoz) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 1,757 |
Demonym(s) | alfocego, -a |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 27... |
Website | Official website |
Alfoz (Galician pronunciation: [alˈfɔθ]) is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central. It borders the municipalities of Foz, Mondoñedo, Abadín and O Valadouro.
The population in 2008 was 2,133 people according to the municipal register of inhabitants. Alfoz is the antipodes of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Parishes
- Adelán (Santiago)
- Bacoi (Santa María)
- Carballido (San Sebastián)
- O Castro de Ouro (San Salvador)
- Lagoa (San Vicente)
External links
- (in English) The Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis Province in the 21st Century (Alternatives: The Britonia Province) ( ( 2009-10-24)
43°31′41″N 7°24′50″W / 43.528°N 7.414°W
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.