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'''Mañón''' ({{IPA|gl|maˈɲoŋ}}), also registered in the past as ''Maañón'' {{Coord|43|46|09.10|N|7|41|08.09|W|}}, is a municipality in north-western Spain in the [[province of A Coruña]], in the autonomous community of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. It belongs to the comarca of Ortegal. [[Ferrolterra]]'s population represents the third largest concentration of people in Galicia, and its disperse population exceeds 211,000 (2005).

== "O Barqueiro" and "Estaca de Bares" Ports ==
*[[Image:SymbolNauticFisher.png|25px]] '''''Fishing port'''''
*[[Image:SymbolNauticDeport.png|25px]] '''''Sport port'''''

== Geography, history and general information ==

Mañón belongs to the [[Ferrolterra]] region of Ortegal and it is made up by five parishes, with 2,032 inhabitants, who are disseminated over its 82.1&nbsp;km².

This council forms a narrow and long band of land that joins mountain, river and sea. The fertile freshwater of the river [[Sor Mañón|Sor]] ploughs its rugged lands from south to north. 
[[Image:Church Rock.jpg|thumb|left|300px| Example of a [[granite]] coast; typical of [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]]]
[[Image:Forno dos mouros - penabranca.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Remains of a dolmen in Pena Branca]]

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 Point|Estaca de Bares]] offers a very attractive landscape and of exceptional natural value.

At monumental level, they emphasize the prehistoric rest like ''[[Tumulus|mámoas]]'' of [[Punta de Estaca de Bares|Estaca de Bares]] and the possibly prehistoric (built in the [[Middle Ages]] according to other sources) port;  in addition to [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] necropolis in [[A Ponte do Porto]].

Some of its parochial churches are worthy of mention considering 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, Mogor, As Ribeiras (do Sor)

== See also ==
* [[Ortegal]] ''comarca'', north-western Spain.
*[[List of municipalities in A Coruña]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060825112315/http://www.clubmontanaferrol.com/miradores.html Site devoted to the art of landscape and nature of Ferrolterra]
* {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20060926035731/http://www.porto-ferrolsanciprian.com/asp/index.asp?idIdioma=3 Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority]
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.pangalaica.com/britonia/lugares/manhon.htm Web-site dedicated to the history of Mañón and Estaca de Bares]|

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