Ortegal


Ortegal is a comarca in the north of the Galician Province of A Coruña, Spain. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Cantabrian Sea to the north, the Province of Lugo to the east, the comarca of O Eume to the south, and comarca of Ferrol to the west. It covers an area of 394.3 km2, which accounts for 1.33% of all the land area in Galicia. The overall population of this region was 13,916 at the 2011 census; the latest official 2022 census was 11,466.

Municipalities

The comarca comprises the following four municipalities:
Name of
municipality
Population
Population
Population
Cariño4,8444,3743,699
Cerdido1,5681,3041,060
Mañón1,8701,5411,287
Ortigueira8,1726,6975,420
Totals16,45413,91611,466

File:Estaca-de-bares.jpg|thumb|left|Punta de Estaca de Bares, the northernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, is located in the Mañón municipality of Ortegal.