Alfoz | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Lugo |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | A Mariña Central |
Population Demonym: | alfocego, -a |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 27... |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Efigenia Maseda Paz |
Leader Party: | VIA Alfoz |
Alfoz (pronounced as /gl/) is a municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It is in the comarca of A Mariña Central. It borders the municipalities of Foz, Mondoñedo, Abadín and O Valadouro.
The population in 2008 was 2,133 people according to the municipal register of inhabitants. Alfoz is the antipodes of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.