Avión | |
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Municipality | |
Coat of arms | |
Location in Galicia | |
AviónLocation in Galicia | |
Coordinates: 42°23′18″N 8°16′22″W / 42.38833°N 8.27278°W / 42.38833; -8.27278 | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Galicia |
Province | Ourense |
Comarca | O Ribeiro |
Government | |
• Mayor | Antonio Montero Fernández (PPdeG) |
Area | |
• Total | 120.5 km (46.5 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,806 |
• Density | 15/km (39/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INE municipality code | 32004 |
Website | concelloavion |
Avión is a municipality in the province of Ourense, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of O Ribeiro. It has a population of 1,910 (2016) and an area of 121 km².
Notable people
The town is the summer retreat of Spanish-Mexican millionaire Olegario Vázquez Raña who has hosted Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim there several times, and of other wealthy Mexicans who own summer homes there.
Demography
From: INE ArchivReferences
- ^ "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- "IGE - Principais resultados". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- "El pueblo de Galicia donde veranean las mayores fortunas del mundo". 3 August 2017.
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