Aller (Spain)

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Aller / Ayer
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : AsturiasAsturias Asturias
Comarca : Caudal
Coordinates 43 ° 20 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′  N , 4 ° 42 ′  W
Area : 375.89 km²
Residents : 10,613 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 28.23 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 33686
Municipality number  ( INE ): 33002
administration
Mayor : Gabriel Pérez Villalta ( PSOE ) (2006)
Website : www.ayto-aller.es
Location of the city
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Aller is a municipality ( concejo in Asturias, corresponds to municipio in the rest of Spain) in the south of the autonomous region of Asturias in Spain .

The municipality with its 10,613 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) has an area of ​​376 km². The main town and administrative seat is Cabañaquinta .

Geography and climate

The highest point is the Esturbín de Valverde at 2,115 meters. In the course of the Aller , large coal reserves have been mined for a long time.

Pleasantly mild summers alternate with mild, rarely harsh winters. In the high areas, winters can be quite severe.

coat of arms

  • top left: the castles of Soto , Pelúgano and El Pino
  • top right: the coat of arms of the Quirós family
  • bottom left: the coat of arms of the Solís family
  • bottom right: the arms of the Castañón and Nembra families
  • Middle: the victory cross
The text:
NENBRAROS EIS DE MI A PESAR DE VOS
Nenbraros belongs to me in spite of you
(allusion to the gender of the Nenbra)

politics

The 17 seats in the municipal council are elected every four years and are distributed as follows:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council of Aller
Political party 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
PSOE 8th 11 9 8th 10 10 8th 7th 7th 6th
PP 0 6th 5 6th 5 6th 7th 7th 5 4th
IU 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3
UCD / CDS 11 - 2 1
CAI 2 3
PAS - UNA 1
LA 1
FAC 2 2
Xente por Ayer / Aller 1
AIPA 1
Total 21st 21st 21st 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th

economy

Employment figures of the municipality of Aller in the economic sectors (2009)
Employees Percentage
TOTAL 3,107 100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing 314 10.11
Industry 906 29.16
Construction industry 379 12.20
Service companies 1,508 48.54
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias, status 2009 (PDF; 109 kB), SADEI

Population development

Graphic representation of the population development

Source: INE graphic processing for Wikipedia

Parroquias

All is divided into 18 parroquias :

Culture and sights

Headframe of the Hunosa coal mine "Santiago" in Aller, 2006
  • the megaliths of El Padrún in the parish of Boo
  • many other churches and buildings from several centuries

Regular events (fiestas)

Every year on September 8th the festival of the Martins Community “los Humanitarios de San Martín de Moreda” takes place.

Sons and daughters

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
  3. ↑ 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Aller (Spain)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files