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Ferrol ((:feˈrɔl)), is a city in the Province of A Coruña in Galicia, located on the Atlantic coast in north-western Spain. According to the 2014 census, the city has a population of 70,389 making it the 5th largest settlement in Galicia. With Eume to the south and Ortegal the north, Ferrol forms the Ferrolterra conurbation, the third largest in Galicia which has a total population of over 203,444. The city has been a major naval shipbuilding centre for most of its history, being the capital of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the North since the time of the early Bourbons. Before that, in the 17th century, Ferrol was the most important arsenal in Europe. Today, the city is also known as the home of the shipbuilding yards of Navantia. The city was the birthplace of the Spanish General and dictator Francisco Franco in 1892, and was officially known as ''El Ferrol del Caudillo'' from 1938 to 1982. It was also the birthplace of the founder of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Pablo Iglesias, in 1850. ==Toponym and etymology== The first historical mention of this settlement, then called Adobrica, is in the history of Pomponius Mela, a Roman historian who wrote in the year AD 43 detailing a description of the ''Portus Magnus Artabrorum'', the "great port of the Artabri". The current toponym ''Ferrol'', though, can only be traced back to the Middle Ages; a document of 1087 instances ''sancto Iuliano de Ferrol'', where ''Ferrol'' is probably the local evolution of the genitive form of the Latin name ''Ferreolus''; Ferrol was probably, in origin, the estate of one Ferreolus.〔Cf. 〕 In 1982 the government of Spain adopted officially ''Ferrol'' in consonance with its long history and tradition. Alternately. the origin of the name comes from the legend of a Breton saint, Ferreol, who arrived here on a ship, amid a chorus of seven siren. Another tradition says that ''Ferrol'' proceeds from ''farol'', alluding to the heraldic figure that appears on the coat of arms of the city. However, according to experts, the origin of the arms of Ferrol goes back only to the eighteenth century, and there are also several variants used over time, without having been set in accordance with the applicable legislation since the 1990s. The combination of two .words that can mean either 'port - close', 'landing on pillars' or a Ferreoli Domini, "the lord of Ferreol" veiled allusion to the town, which could have had a temple under the patronage of St. Ferreol. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ferrol, Galicia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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