Gondomar, Pontevedra

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Gondomar
—  Municipality  —

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Situation of Gondomar within Galicia
Country Spain
Region Galicia
Province Pontevedra
County Vigo
Parishes Borreiros (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
 • Mayor Martín Urgal Alonso (People's Party of Galicia)
Area
 • Total 74.5 km2 (28.8 sq mi)
Population (INE, 2009)
 • Total 13,841
 • Density Bad rounding here190/km2 (Bad rounding here480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CET (UTC+2)
Postcode 36380

Gondomar is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra. Home 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.

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Coordinates: 42°07′N 8°45′W / 42.117°N 8.750°W / 42.117; -8.750