Amieva

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Amieva
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Amieva Coat of Arms
Amieva (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : AsturiasAsturias Asturias
Comarca : Oriente
Coordinates 43 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 4 ′  W
Area : 114.77 km²
Residents : 661 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 5.76 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 33003
administration
Mayor : Ángel García García ( PSOE ) (2006)
Location of the city
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Amieva is a municipality ( conceyu in Asturias, corresponds to municipio in the rest of Spain) in the south of the autonomous region of Asturias in Spain . The administrative seat is in Sames . The largest elevation is the Peña Santa de Enol with 2,478 m.

history

Old coat of arms

  • above: emblem of the Pelayo
  • bottom left and right: coats of arms of two important families in the city.

New coat of arms

since August 30, 2001:

  • top left: reminiscent of the livestock industry
  • top right: reminiscent of forestry
  • below: represents the Rio Sella and the Picos de Europa , the two most important natural monuments of the municipality

politics

The 7 seats of the municipal council are elected every 4 years and are divided as follows:

Distribution of seats in the Amieva municipal council
Political party 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
PSOE 4th 4th 4th 3 3 4th 5 4th 3 2
FAC 3 4th
CD / AP / PP 2 3 4th 3 4th 1 2 3 1 1
PCE / IU - BA 1
UCD / CDS 5 2 1
PAS - UNA 2 2 1
URAS 1
Total 11 9 9 9 9 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th

economy

Amieva municipality employment figures in economic sectors
Employees Percentage
TOTAL 223 100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing 82 36.77
Industry 9 4.04
Construction industry 17th 7.62
Service companies 115 51.57
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias , status 2009 (PDF; 109 kB), SADEI

Population development

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - graphic processing for Wikipedia

climate

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

Parroquias

Anieva is divided into 5 parroquias :

Fiestas and events

  • June 13: la Conmemoración de San Antonio de Sames
  • June 20th: San Antonio en Argolibio
  • First Saturday in July: La Santina en Sames
  • July 16: El Carmen en Sames
  • July 25: Santiago en Vis
  • Last Saturday of July: San Antonio en Villaverde
  • August 9, San Román en San Román
  • Last Saturday in August: San Roque en Pen
  • September 8th: Nuestra Señora en Amieva

Sons and daughters of the region

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  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. ↑ 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
  3. ↑ 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior ( Memento from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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