Avión
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Avión | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location in Galicia | |
  Avión Location in Galicia | |
| Coordinates: 42°23′18″N 8°16′22″W / 42.38833°N 8.27278°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Galicia |
| Province |  Ourense |
| Comarca | O Ribeiro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Antonio Montero Fernández (PPdeG) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 120.5 km2 (46.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,806 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (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)[1] and an area of 121 km².[3]
Notable people[edit]
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.[4]
Demography[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "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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