Castropol

Castropol
Castropol
	Municipality
	Castropol seen from the east across the Eo river estuary c.1975 Castropol seen from the east across the Eo river estuary c.1975
Flag of Castropol; Flag	Coat of arms of Castropol; Coat of arms
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	Castropol Location in Spain
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Eo-Navia
Judicial district	Castropol
Capital	Castropol
Government
• Alcalde	José Ángel Pérez García (PSOE)
Area
• Total	125.77 km2 (48.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,197 m (3,927 ft)
Population
• Total	3,900
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	castropolense
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33760, 33768, 33769, 33778 and 33794
Website	Official website

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Castropol is a municipality in Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of a parish within the municipality and a town within the parish.

The municipality of Castropol has a population of 3696 (INE, 2014). It is bounded on the north by the Cantabrian Sea and on the west by a coastal inlet, or ria, which separates it from the municipality of Ribadeo in Galicia. To the west it is bordered by Tapia de Casariego, by El Franco, Boal and other Asturian municipalities, and to the south by Vegadeo and Villanueva de Oscos.

Castropol is one of the municipalities in which Eonaviego, a Galician-Asturian dialect, is spoken.