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Narón

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Narón

Narón is a town in A Coruña province in northwestern Spain. Juan Gato is the current mayor. Around 35,000 people live in the area. Geographically the town is very close to the Atlantic Ocean. The town has two shopping centres, three discothèques and a fourteen screen cinema. As Telleiras is one of the secondary schools in the town. Ferrol is 5km away. A Coruña is 54km away and Santiago de Compostela is 95km away. The nearest airports to the town are situated in A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela. Narón does have a train station but to reach Madrid you have to change at Ferrol.

Languages

Both Castilian (Spanish) and Gallego are spoken in this area although statistics on the use and comprehension of both is not known at present.

Education

Narón is well equipped with educational facilities for the young people of the town. There are two escuelas infantiles, two institutos de enseñanza secundaria and fourteen colegios.

Climate

Fiestas

El Día de Narón is celebrated every year on the 23rd of November.