O Porriño

O Porriño
—  Municipality  —
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality of O Porriño within Galicia
O Porriño Location of the municipality of O Porriño within Galicia
Coordinates: 42°10′00″N 8°37′00″W / 42.16666°N 8.61666°W / 42.16666; -8.61666
Country	Spain
Region	Galicia
Province	Pontevedra
County	Vigo
Parrishes	Atios, Budiño, Cans, Chenlo, Mosende, Pontellas, Porriño, Torneiros
Government
• Type	Mayor-council
• Body	Concello do Porriño
• Mayor	Nelson Santos Argibay (CxP)
Area
• Total	62 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
• Land	62 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
• Water	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Population (2005)INE
• Total	16,576
• Density	267/km2 (691.5/sq mi)
Demonym	porriñés (m), porriñesa (f)
Time zone	CET (GMT +1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2) (UTC)
Post code	36400
Area code(s)	+34 986
Website	http://www.concellodoporrino.net/

O Porriño (Galician: O Porriño,Spanish: O Porriño) is a municipality in Galiza, Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.

It is an industrial town, in the metropolitan area of Vigo, of which it is an important economic dependency. One of its main industries is granite production. O Porriño's granite is worldwide known as Rosa Porriño (Pink Porriño), and is exported from the Port of Vigo mainly to Italy, Japan and China.

From O Porriño came the architect Antonio Palacios, known for the use of granite in his work, such as the Telecommunications Palace in Madrid, the García Barbón Theater in Vigo, or the town hall of its home town among others.

Parroquias

The municipality is formed by eight parroquias (parishes)

• Atios (Santa Eulalia)
• Budiño, O Porriño (San Salvador)
• Cans (San Esteban)
• Chenlo (San Xoán)
• Mosende (San Diego)
• Pontellas (Santiago)
• O Porriño (Santa María)
• Torneiros (San Salvador)

Notable people

• Antonio Palacios, architect (1872-1945)

See also

• List of municipalities in Spain
• Vigo

External links

• Porriño - Tourism Rias Baixas
• Councillorship for Culture of O Porriño
• Culture web of O Porriño

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Coordinates: 42°10′00″N 8°37′00″W / 42.1666666767°N 8.61666667667°W / 42.1666666767; -8.61666667667