Lalín
Lalín | |
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City Hall | |
Location of Lalín | |
| Coordinates: 42°39′N 8°7′W / 42.650°N 8.117°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| Province | Pontevedra |
| Comarca | O Deza |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | José Crespo (PPdeG) |
| Area | |
• Total | 326.83 km2 (126.19 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 20,103 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Lalinense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 36500 |
| Website | www |
Lalín is a municipality in the north of the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is the capital of the comarca of O Deza.
The town has a population of 20,158 inhabitants (2014). The surface of the municipality is 326.8 km2, being the biggest municipality in the province of Pontevedra and the fourth of Galicia, with a population density of 63.85 inhabitants/km2.
Located in the northeast of the province of Pontevedra; being bordered by Silleda and Vila de Cruces to the northwest, Forcarei to the west, Agolada and Rodeiro to the northeast, Dozón to the southeast and O Irixo to the south, all of them being part of the region of Deza, except Forcarei and O Irixo.