Boiro
| Concello de Boiro | ||
|---|---|---|
| municipality | ||
| ||
| Nickname(s): Boiro | ||
 Location of Boiro within Galicia | ||
| Parroquias | 8 | |
| Government | ||
| • Alcalde (Mayor) | Xosé Deira Triñanes (BNG) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 86 km2 (33 sq mi) | |
| Population (2004) | ||
| • Total | 18,302 (INE) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CET (UTC+2) | |
| Website | Concello de Boiro website | |
Boiro is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located in the comarca of Barbanza. Boiro has an area of 86.58 km2.
It is perhaps best known as the small town where famous quadriplegic (and Galician) Ramón Sampedro received euthanasia. The town was thus filmed in for the 2004 film Mar Adentro, which won an Oscar.
Boiro is also well known for local tourists that come from inner Spain to enjoy the milder climate and landscape, most notably the Barbanza mountain chain, Praia de Barraña (which lies close to the town center), and Carragueiros and Mañóns beaches (one in O Castro parish and the other in Abanqueiro parish).
Coordinates: 42°39′00″N 8°54′00″W / 42.650°N 8.900°W
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/8/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.