Mondoñedo

"Mondoñedo es un municipio y localidad situado en la comarca de La Mariña Central, de la cual es capital, en el norte de la provincia de Lugo, Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia, España. Es sede del partido judicial nº 1 de la provincia de Lugo."

"Mondoñedo (Galician pronunciation: [mondoeðo]) is a small town and municipality in the Galician province of Lugo, Spain. As of 2009, the town has a population of 4,508. Mondoñedo occupies a sheltered valley among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains. Despite being the core of the region of La Mariña, it is the city with the third biggest population after Foz and Burela. The municipality of Mondoñedo is in the northern half of the province of Lugo and is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Foz and Alfoz, to the south by Pastoriza and Riotorto, to the east by Lorenzana and to west with Abadín. The population of Mondoñedo is distributed throughout the 15 parishes that make up the council."