O Porriño

Municipality in Galicia, Spain

O Porriño is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Vigo.

As an industrial town in the Vigo metropolitan area, it has an important economic significance. One of its main industries is granite production; the variety of granite produced in O Porriño is known as Rosa Porriño ("Porriño Pink"), and is exported from the Port of Vigo mainly to Italy, Japan and China.

On 9 September 2016, a Portuguese train travelling from Vigo to Porto derailed near O Porriño railway station, killing the driver and at least three other people on board.^[2]

Parroquias

The municipality is formed of eight parroquias (parishes)

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

Notable people

• Antonio Palacios - Architect known for his use of granite on his works, such as the Cybele Palace in Madrid, the Garcia Barbon Theatre in Vigo, O Porriño's town hall, etc. (1872–1945)
• Claudio Giráldez - Retired footballer and head coach of RC Celta Fortuna.
• Andrea Pérez Alonso - Sporting Lisboa basketball player.

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. "Deadly train crash in north-west Spain". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-09-09.

External links

• Media related to O Porriño at Wikimedia Commons
• Porriño - Tourism Rias Baixas
• Councillorship for Culture of O Porriño
• Culture web of O Porriño