Monfero is a municipality in the

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Eume O Eume is a comarca in the province of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Its capital is the municipality of Pontedeume. It contains five municipalities and 24,629 inhabitantsINE 2018 in an area of 538.7 km2. Municipalities The five municipalities w ...

in the

province of A Coruña The province of A Coruña (; es, La Coruña ; historical en, link=no, Corunna) is the northwesternmost province of Spain, and one of the four provinces which constitute the autonomous community of Galicia. This province is surrounded by the At ...

in the autonomous community of

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in northwestern

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. It has a population of 2,178 inhabitants (INE, 2011).

Main sights

The "Fragas" of the River Eume Natural Park The Fragas do Eume is a natural park situated in north-west Spain. ''Fraga'' is a Galician word for "natural woodland", (old-growth forest) and the park is an example of a temperate rainforest in which oak (''Quercus robur'' and ''Quercus pyren ...

with its typical Atlantic Forest, and unique ecosystem and biodiversity, offers the visitor one of the most beautiful Galician landscapes. (Declared Natural park in 1997). * Monfero is home to a historical

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and to the St. Mary of Monfero's Monastery, together with other ruins of the Middle Ages.

Industry

Monfero's economy is based almost exclusively on

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and

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production, though services also do exist.

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