Camariñas

Camariñas
Cabo Vilán, northwest of Camariñas
Coat of arms
Camariñas
Coordinates: 43°7′48″N 9°11′6″W / 43.13000°N 9.18500°W / 43.13000; -9.18500Coordinates: 43°7′48″N 9°11′6″W / 43.13000°N 9.18500°W / 43.13000; -9.18500
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	A Coruña
Comarca	Terra de Soneira
Partido judicial	Corcubión
Government
• Mayor	Manuel Valeriano Alonso de León
Area
• Total	51.60 km2 (19.92 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	6,226
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CET (UTC+2)
Website	www.camarinas.net

Camariñas is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Tierra de Soneira. An important fishing center, it is renowned all over Spain by the bobbin lace work of its women (the palilleiras).

To the northwest are the impressive cliffs of Cape Vilan (Cabo Vilán "Cape Villain", due to bad currents and many wrecks), a protected natural site.

Fishing harbor, Camariñas

Bay of Camariñas

Museum of Bobbin Lace

Cliffs of Cabo Vilán

Demography

From: INE Archiv

Municipalities of the province of A Coruña
Abegondo Ames Aranga Ares Arteixo Arzúa A Baña Bergondo Betanzos Boimorto Boiro Boqueixón Brión Cabana de Bergantiños Cabanas Camariñas Cambre A Capela Carballo Cariño Carnota Carral Cedeira Cee Cerceda Cerdido Coirós Corcubión Coristanco A Coruña Culleredo Curtis Dodro Dumbría Fene Ferrol Fisterra Frades Irixoa A Laracha Laxe Lousame Malpica de Bergantiños Mañón Mazaricos Melide Mesía Miño Moeche Monfero Mugardos Muros Muxía Narón Neda Negreira Noia Oleiros Ordes Oroso Ortigueira Outes Oza-Cesuras Paderne Padrón O Pino A Pobra do Caramiñal Ponteceso Pontedeume As Pontes de García Rodríguez Porto do Son Rianxo Ribeira Rois Sada San Sadurniño Santa Comba Santiago de Compostela Santiso Sobrado As Somozas Teo Toques Tordoia Touro Trazo Val do Dubra Valdoviño Vedra Vilarmaior Vilasantar Vimianzo Zas