Ferrolterra, and is situated near the metropolitan outskirts of the city of Ferrol. The municipality is subdivided into four parroquias ("parishes"): Santiago de Franza, San Vicente de Meá, San Xulián de Mugardos and San Xoán de Piñeiro.

During the 1960s and 1970s Mugardos was much larger than it is now, it included a movie theatre and was regarded as a summer