Gondomar, Pontevedra

Gondomar
Official seal of Gondomar
Location of Gondomar within Galicia
Location of Gondomar within Galicia
Coordinates: 42°6′40″N 8°45′40″W / 42.11111°N 8.76111°W / 42.11111; -8.76111
CountrySpain
RegionGalicia
ProvincePontevedra
CountyVigo
ParishesBorreiros (San Martiño), Chaín (Santa María), Couso, Donas (Santa Baia), Gondomar (San Bieito), Mañufe (San Vicente), Morgadáns (Santiago), Peitieiros (San Miguel), Vilaza (Santa María), Vincios (Santa Mariña)
Government
 • MayorMartín Urgal Alonso (People's Party of Galicia)
Area
 • Total
74.5 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
14,236
 • Density190/km2 (490/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CET)
Postcode
36380
Websitehttps://concellodegondomar.gal/

Gondomar is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo. It was the hometown of Don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, one of the most renowned diplomats of Spanish imperial times, the main instigator of the "Spanish Match" that would have joined Charles I of England and the Infanta Maria Anna in marriage.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.