Poio

Poio
Municipality
Monastery of San Xoán Combarro
Coat of arms
Location of Poio
Coordinates: 42°26′N 8°40′W / 42.433°N 8.667°W / 42.433; -8.667
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Galicia
Province	Pontevedra
Comarca	Pontevedra
Parroquia	Combarro, Raxó, San Xoán de Poio, San Salvador de Poio, Samieira
Government
• Alcalde (Mayor)	Luciano Sobral Fernández (BNG)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	17,018
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	https://www.concellopoio.gal/

Poio is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Pontevedra. Poio is located in the north shore of the Ría de Pontevedra, between Sanxenxo and the provincial capital, Pontevedra. The municipality is adjacent with Meaño, Meis, Pontevedra and Sanxenxo and combines mountain and sea areas.

Tambo island, an uninhabited island located in the middle of the Pontevedra estuary, officially belongs to Poio but it is under the control of the Spanish Navy and disembarkment is not allowed.