Fene Explained

Official Name:Fene
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain
Coordinates:43.4667°N -18°W
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain.
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Name1:Galicia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:A Coruña
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Ferrol
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Juventino Trigo Rey (BNG, Galician Nationalist Bloc)
Area Total Km2:26.29
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Fene (pronounced as /gl/) is a municipality in the province of A Coruña in the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is located to the northeast of Galicia on the Ria of Ferrol.

Economy

The Navantia Shipyards and services in the parts which are nearer Ferrol, the rest of the borough devotes itself to farming, agriculture and fishing.

In the late 1960s the gantry crane of the shipyards of Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste (ASTANO) in Ferrolterra was the largest in Europe.