Belmonte de Miranda

Belmonte de Miranda municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Oviedo (Comarca)
Coordinates	43 ° 17 ′  N , 6 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′  N , 6 ° 13 ′  W
Height :	299  msnm
Area :	208.01 km²
Residents :	1,489 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.16 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33830
Municipality number  ( INE ):	33005
Nearest airport :	Asturias Airport - La Morgal Airport
administration
Mayor :	Roberto Pérez López ( PSOE )
Address of the municipal administration:	Avenida Río Pigüeña s / n
Website :	www.belmontedemiranda.com
Location of the municipality

the Camino Real del Puerto de la Mesa

Belmonte de Miranda , (Miranda in Asturian ) is a municipality and at the same time its capital in the autonomous region of Asturias in northern Spain .

The municipality is bordered by Salas in the north, Grado in the east, Somiedo and Teverga in the south, and Tineo in the west .

geography

Flora and fauna

The municipality is located at the natural park " Parque Natural de Somiedo ", which is home to a large number of plants and animals that have now become rare over an area of ​​291 km². The idea of ​​the nature park has also been integrated into the wider area over the past 10 years, so that brown bears and wolves have now also made their home outside the protection zone .

Mountains, rivers and lakes

The Rio Narcea limits the community to the west. Other noteworthy rivers are: the Río Pigueña with its largest tributary the Rio Chamosu , the Rio Caixa , the Rio les Dormiechas , and the Rio de Solanos . The Embalse de la Barca reservoir forms the largest body of water in the municipality. The municipality's rivers and lakes are known for their abundance of trout , salmon and other game fish. On the mountains are the Pico L'Horru (1,527 m), Pico La Chana (1,388 m), Pico Los Calostros (1,428 m), Pico Pousadoiro (1,474 m), Pico Courío (1,017 m) and the Pico la Forca (1,488 m ) to be named as the most outstanding in the community. For Spanish mountaineers , these are among the best known in northern Spain.

Transport links

• Closest international airport: Asturias Airport .
• FEVE stops are in every place.

history

Until the Middle Ages

As almost everywhere in Asturias, finds from the Bronze Age confirm the early settlement of the region.

From the Castro culture are on the mountain "Pico Cervera" as the remains of a large throughout the "Mesa de Miranda" Wallenburg be seen.

The Romans also had several forts here with the appropriate infrastructure to protect and logistically supply the gold mines of northern Spain. The most important route, the " Camino Real del Puerto de la Mesa ", is still clearly visible today, there are still bridges from Roman times that are still in use today.

From the Middle Ages

Flag of the municipality

There are few documentaries from medieval times. The first documentary mention comes from the reign of Bermudo II with the establishment of a monastery called "La Villa Lapideum" (see main article Belmonte Monastery ). In the period that followed, the community experienced a varied distribution and distribution of responsibilities. Only under Alfonso VII did the community become autonomous in all areas.

coat of arms

• top left: the coat of arms of the Miranda family (in red, 5 virgin hulls in natural colors, holding a silver shell under the breast).
• Top right: Modification in memory of the coat of arms of the Cienfuegos family (10 fires).
• below: Coat of arms of the Cistercian Congregation of Castile

Population development

politics

The seats of the municipal council were distributed as follows after the last elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council
Partido	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
PSOE	6th	7th	9	8th	7th	7th	7th	5	5	6th
CD / AP / PP	0	3	2	2	4th	4th	4th	4th	2	3
PCE / IU - Los Verdes	1	1		1
UCD / CDS	5
FAC									1
PPBM									1
Independientes	1
Total	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9

economy

Since time immemorial, agriculture, and especially livestock farming with all its ancillary businesses such as dairies, cheese factories, etc., has been the main source of income for the community. The biggest employer was the mining industry until the mines closed in 2006, many of the miners now commute to neighboring communities, where larger mines are still in operation. The service industry with the tourism industry is also the division with the greatest growth here.

Employment figures for the municipality of Belmonte de Miranda

economic sectors	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	561	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	184	32.80
Industry	21st	3.74
Construction industry	22nd	3.92
Service companies	334	59.54
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias, status 2009 (PDF file; 111 kB) , SADEI

Worth seeing

• “La torre de Quintana” from the 14th century
• Palace "Palacio del Cardenal Cienfuegos" from the 17th century in Agüerina
• Church "Iglesia de San Martín" in Leiguarda from the 15th century
• "Iglesia de San Bartolomé" church in Belmonte
• "El Machuco" reconstructed Roman forge

Specialties

• The cheese " Afuega 'l pitu " (throat stick) is the most famous cheese of the Comarca Oviedo and is of course also produced in the municipality of Belmonte.
• The fabada has a long tradition here, as in all of Asturias, but I have never eaten it with such a sharpness.

Festivals and Celebrations

• A large market is held in Belmonte every Monday .
• Third weekend of November - cattle market
• Third weekend in October - fruit and vegetable exhibition
• For more events see the event calendar

Parroquias

The 1890 inhabitants live in 66 villages divided into 15 parroquias.

Agüera - 97 inhabitants 2011 Almurfe - 32 inhabitants 2011 Begega - 77 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 17 ′ 32 ″  N , 6 ° 17 ′ 54 ″  W Belmonte - 632 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 16 ′ 56 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 6 ″  W Castañedo - 40 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 21 ′ 49 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 31 ″  W Cuevas - 36 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 11 ′ 14 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 26 ″  W Las Estacas - 78 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 16 ′ 39 ″  N , 6 ° 16 ′ 19 ″  W Leiguarda - 176 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 19 ′ 45 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 25 ″  W

Llamoso - 31 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 13 ′ 29 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 13 ″  W Montovo - 30 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 12 ′ 17 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 22 ″  W Quintana - 169 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 16 ′ 5 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 26 ″  W San Bartolomé - 165 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 21 ′ 20 ″  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 14 ″  W San Martín de Lodón - 223 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 20 ′ 58 ″  N , 6 ° 11 ′ 46 ″  W San Martín de Ondes - 50 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 14 ′ 40 ″  N , 6 ° 13 ′ 12 ″  W Vigaña - 38 inhabitants 2007 43 ° 15 ′ 15 ″  N , 6 ° 14 ′ 35 ″  W

sons and daughters of the town

• P. José Álvarez Fernández OP (May 16, 1890 - October 19, 1970), missionary of the Dominicans in Lima murdered
• Alvaro de Cienfuegos y Sierra (February 27, 1657 - August 19, 1739), cardinal and archbishop in Rome
• Xose Álvarez Fernández Pin (* 1948), Asturian writer

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. ↑ Bears return to Belmonte de Miranda - Fapa's page about the brown bears
3. ↑ the Spanish wolf (Lupus Ibericus) ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
5. ↑ 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior ( Memento of the original from June 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Afuega 'l pitu on infoasturias ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Calendar of events ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Belmonte de Miranda  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Site of the Asturian Municipality
• Belmontedemiranda.net
• DOLIA, Belmonte de Miranda
• Info page in the tourism portal vivirasturias
• Map of Asturias (PDF; 12.52 MB)