Corcubión

Municipality in Galicia, Spain

Municipality

Coat of arms

Location of Corcubión within Galicia

Area

• Total6.58 km² (2.54 sq mi)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total1,578 • Density240/km² (620/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Websitewww.corcubion.info/en

Corcubión (AGAL ortography: Corcubiom) is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Fisterra.

It is located on the river with the same name.

History

Corcubión belonged to the county of Traba, but later passed into the hands of the Count of Altamira.

Linguistic status

The local government of the municipality was the first public institution to officially use the AGAL norm^{[citation needed]} of the Galician language according to the Reintegrationism ideas, as seen in its website, offering options for "Galician" (NOMIGa) and "Galician-Portuguese" (AGAL), as well as Spanish and English.