Bulnes
| Municipality of Cabrales: Parroquia Bulnes | |||
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 Bulnes - the townscape with Río Bulnes
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : |
 Asturias
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| Comarca : | Oriente (Comarca) | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 14 ′ N , 4 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 625 msnm | ||
| Area : | 56.35 km² | ||
| Residents : | 42 (2014) INE | ||
| Population density : | 0.75 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 33554 | ||
| Area code: | 33008030000 | ||
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Bulnes is a parroquia with 42 inhabitants (as of 2014) in the municipality of Cabrales in the autonomous region of Asturias in northern Spain .
location
Bulnes is located in the Picos de Europa National Park at an altitude of 625 m above sea level . The place has no road connection. Only since 2001 has a 2227-meter-long funicular railway, running in a tunnel cut into the rock, connected the settlement with a valley station on the Río Cares ; it is used both for passenger transport and for the transport of goods and materials.
View of Bulnes
Alpine hut in Bulnes
The Naranjo de Bulnes above the village
Villages and hamlets
- Bulnes - 23 inhabitants (2014) 43 ° 14 ′ 7 ″ N , 4 ° 49 ′ 10 ″ W
- Camarmeña - 19 inhabitants (2014) 43 ° 15 ′ 32 ″ N , 4 ° 50 ′ 10 ″ W
economy
Until the middle of the 20th century, the residents of Bulnes and Camarmeña lived mainly as a self-sufficient source of income from their fields and gardens and from raising livestock. Today tourism plays a not insignificant role in the economic life of the place. The most important and nationally known product is Cabrales , a blue mold cheese made from cow , sheep and goat milk .
Attractions
- The surrounding landscape of Bulnes and Camarmeña is of exceptional beauty and can be explored on hikes.
- The one or two-story houses in the two towns are mostly built from rubble stones .
- The small parish church of San Martín in Bulnes, also built from quarry stones and with its two-part bell gable ( espadaña ), gives the impression of a Romanesque village church, which was later expanded to include a vestibule on the west and south sides. The interior, spanned by a wooden roof structure , with its barrel-vaulted, recessed and flat-closing apse was renovated at the end of the 20th century.
