Sobrado, Galicia

Sobrado
Sobrado
Coordinates: 43°01′21″N 8°00′52″W / 43.0224°N 8.0144°W / 43.0224; -8.0144
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Galicia
ProvinceA Coruña
ComarcaTerra de Melide
Government
  TypeConcello
  MayorXacobo Fernandez (PP)
Area
  Total
120.64 km2 (46.58 sq mi)
Elevation
510 m (1,670 ft)
Population
 (2018)
  Total
1,799
  Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Sobradense (m),Sobradesa (f)
Time zoneCET (GMT +1)
  Summer (DST)CEST (GMT +2)
Postcode
15813
Area code+34
ISO 3166-2ES-C
Websitehttp://www.sobrado.es

Sobrado is a municipality in the province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It has a population of 2,087 (Spanish 2011 Census) and an area of 121 km2. Sobrado is well known because of Sobrado Abbey, a Trappist monastery. The town is known by the name Sobrado dos Monxes in Galician or Sobrado de los Monjes in Spanish but the official name is just Sobrado.