Avión

Avión
municipality

Seal

Location in Galicia
Avión
Location in Galicia
Coordinates: 42°23′18″N 8°16′22″W / 42.38833°N 8.27278°W / 42.38833; -8.27278Coordinates: 42°23′18″N 8°16′22″W / 42.38833°N 8.27278°W / 42.38833; -8.27278
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Galicia
Province  Ourense
Comarca O Ribeiro
Government
  Mayor Antonio Montero Fernández (People's Party)
Area[1]
  Total 120.5 km2 (46.5 sq mi)
Population (2016)[2]
  Total 1,910
  Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INE municipality code 32004
Website concelloavion.org/web/

Avión is a municipality in the Spanish province of Ourense. It has a population of 1,910 (2016)[1] and an area of 121 km².[2]

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.[3]

Demography

From: INE Archiv

References

  1. 1 2 "IGE. Táboas". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  2. 1 2 "IGE - Principais resultados". www.ige.eu (in Galician). Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  3. http://www.elmundo.es/viajes/espana/2017/08/03/588b4a2422601d5f148b458c.html


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