Valdés, Asturias

Valdés is a large town in the west of Asturias on the Costa Verde in Spain. The main town is Luarca.

Location

Valdés is located on the Bay of Biscay and has in an area of ​​353.52 square kilometers, 12,871 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). Valdés is located on the coastal road A8 midway between Gijón and Galicia.

Economy

Demographics

Policy

The 1987 was reduced to 17 seats council is elected every four years, and is divided as follows:

Parroquias

The municipality is divided into 15 parroquias.

  • Alienes
  • Arcallana
  • Ayones
  • Barcia
  • Cadavedo
  • Canero
  • Carcedo
  • Castañeo
  • La Montaña
  • Luarca
  • Munas
  • Otur
  • Paredes
  • Santiago
  • Trevías

Barcia is the place of Arab military cemetery.

Sons and daughters

  • Miguel de Luarca ( 1540/45-1591 )
  • Álvaro de Albornoz (1879-1954), politician
  • Fernán Coronas (1884-1939), writer
  • Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993)
  • Gil Parrondo y Rico ( born 1921 ), filmmaker
  • Margarita Salas Folgueras ( b. 1938 )
  • Nené Losada Rico ( b. 1921 ), poet
  • Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1478-1557), historian and statesman

Swell

  • Population figures, see INE
  • Area Code
  • Altitude Google Earth
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