Mañón is a municipality located in the Northeast of province of A Coruña, Galiza.

Mañón belongs to the region of Ortegal and it is made up by five parishes, with 2032 inhabitants, who are disseminated over its 82.1 square kilometres.

This council forms a narrow and long band of land that joins mountain, river and sea. The fertile freshwater of the river Sor ploughs its rugged lands from south to north.

The mountainous alignments of the Serra da Faladoira and Serra da Coriscada, the valleys of the Sor river and its estuary, and the peninsula that forms Estaca de Bares offers a very attractive landscape and of exceptional natural value.

At monumental level, they emphasize the prehistoric rest like mámoas of Estaca de Bares and the Phoenician port; in addition to Roman necropolis in A Ponte do Porto .

Worthy of mention they are some of its parochial churches by its rusticity and integration to the surroundings.

Mañón has a very particular geographical structure and the river Sor ploughs deep valleys with plenty of vegetation, which contrasts with the leafy high areas of the mountain range. The serpent shapes drawn by the Sor and its tributaries along their courses form a succession of inserted meanders, which form valleys with a lot of vegetation, where we can see rapid and beautiful waterfalls.

The weather is wet oceanic and the mild winters are followed by fresh summers. The rainfall is particularly abundant, but due to the relief, there are local microweathers, as happens in the banks of the river Sor, where the vegetation is partially responsible for the weather changes. These physical and weather conditions, as well as its privileged situation between two seas, made Estaca de Bares to be declared 'natural area of national interest', and more recently, a protected area.

Parishes

Bares, As Grañas (do Sor), Mañón, As Ribeiras (do Sor)

Misc Data

Inhabitants: 2032(2003) Extension: 82 km²

--Xoselg 09:30, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)bertalo