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Castropol
Castropol
	Municipality
	; Castropol seen from the east across the Eo river estuary c.1975;
; ; Flag;	; ; Coat of arms;
	; ; ; ; Castropol; ; ; Location in Spain;
	Coordinates: 43°32′N 7°2′W / 43.533°N 7.033°W / 43.533; -7.033Coordinates: 43°32′N 7°2′W / 43.533°N 7.033°W / 43.533; -7.033;
Country	; Spain;
Autonomous community	; Asturias;
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Eo-Navia
Judicial district	Castropol
Capital	Castropol
Government ;
• Alcalde;	José Ángel Pérez García (PSOE)
Area ;
• Total	125.77 km2 (48.56 sq mi)
Highest elevation ;	1,197 m (3,927 ft)
Population ;
• Total	3,900
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	castropolense
Time zone	; UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	; UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33760, 33768, 33769, 33778 and 33794
Website	Official website

Municipality in Asturias, Spain

Castropol is a municipality in Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of a parish within the municipality and a town within the parish.

The municipality of Castropol has a population of 3696 (INE, 2014). It is bounded on the north by the Cantabrian Sea and on the west by a coastal inlet, or ria, which separates it from the municipality of Ribadeo in Galicia. To the west it is bordered by Tapia de Casariego, by El Franco, Boal and other Asturian municipalities, and to the south by Vegadeo and Villanueva de Oscos.

Castropol is one of the municipalities in which Eonaviego, a Galician-Asturian dialect, is spoken.

Examples of notable architecture are the 'Capilla del Campo' (15th century), the 'Palacio de Valledor' and 'Palacio de Marqueses de Santa Cruz de Marcenado' (16th-18th centuries, the 'Casa de las Cuatro Torres' (18th century), and the 'Parque de Vicente Loriente' and 'Casino/Casa de Cultura' (early 20th century).