Castropol

Castropol municipality
Castropol Town Hall
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Eo-Navia
Coordinates	43 ° 32 ′  N , 7 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 32 ′  N , 7 ° 2 ′  W
Height :	192  msnm
Area :	125.77 km²
Residents :	3,402 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	27.05 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33760, 33768, 33769, 33778, 33794
Municipality number  ( INE ):	33017
administration
Mayor :	José Ángel Pérez García ( PSOE ) (2006)
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 33760 Castropol, Tel .: [phone]
Website :	castropol.es
Location of the municipality

Castropol is a municipality in the autonomous region of Asturias , in northern Spain .

location

In the north the municipality is bounded by the Cantabrian Sea , in the south by Vegadeo and Villanueva de Oscos , in the west by the Eo and the Galician city ​​of Ribadeo in the east by Tapia de Casariego , El Franco and Boal .

history

Finds from the Bronze Age prove that the entire region was settled for a long time.

The Roman rule over the region along the Navia left clear traces in Castropol as well as in the entire surrounding area.

In the Middle Ages , the city at the mouth of the Eo played a subordinate role. In 1032 the first monastery, the Monasterio de San Juan de Corias, was founded, which for a long time caused strife with the weakened city of Lugo.

Only Alfonso VII ended the dispute in the 13th century by defining Lugo, west of the Eo, as belonging to Galicia and placing Castropol, lying on the Ostofer, under the sovereignty of Oviedo .

From the 14th century, Castropol became the economic and administrative center of the area between the Navia and the Eo. Castropol remained so until the 18th century, when English troops invaded and the city had to pay dearly for its freedom.

geology

land

1975 - View from Lieira

The subsoil, consisting mainly of limestone and sandstone , with the Pico Filso de la Bobia (1,197 m) as the highest elevation, is typical for the entire coastal region with its steep cliffs , bays , meadows and forests.

Waters

The municipality is located at the mouth of the Eo on the Bay of Biscay , the estuary is also called ria de Eo in Spanish .

climate

2020 - City view from Ribadeo

Due to the Gulf Stream , an almost Mediterranean climate prevails here with warm summers and mild winters, in spring and autumn there are sometimes relatively strong storms.

economy

Los Astilleros Gondán SA is the largest employer in the industrial area, and in the Parroquias Barres and Berbessa there are still some old shipyards that still build wooden ships today, for which the local carpenters are well known in Spain.

There are large mussel and oyster farms in the bay . Tourism is still the most important growth factor in the region.

Employment figures in the municipality of Castropol in the economic sectors

	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	1,251	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	372	29.74
Industry	216	17.27
Construction industry	171	13.67
Service companies	492	39.33
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias, status 2009 (PDF; 109 kB), SADEI

Population development

Source: INE graphic processing for Wikipedia

politics

The 11 seats of the municipal council are distributed among the parties as follows:

Historical development of the distribution of seats in the Castropol municipal council
Political party	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
PSOE	0	8th	8th	8th	7th	5	6th	8th	7th	6th
CD / AP / PP	0	2	2	4th	5	5	5	3	3	4th
FAC									1
PCE / IU - BA / IU- Los Verdes				1	1					1
UCD / CDS	1		3
URAS / URAS- PAS						1
Independientes	12	3
Total	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11

Attractions

• CAPILLA SANTA MARIA DEL CAMPO - CASTROPOL - Chapel from 1461
• IGLESIA PARROQUIAL DE SANTIAGO - CASTROPOL - 17th century church
• CAPILLA DE SAN ROMAN O LA ATALAYA - FIGUERAS - Chapel from 1842
• PALACIO DE LAS CUATRO TORRES - CASTROPOL - 18th century palace
• VILLAROSITA - CASTROPOL - 16th century villa

Festivals and Celebrations

• July 25th - fiestas de Santiago Apóstol, in Castropol.
• August 16th las de San Roque, with a big regatta

Parroquias

The municipality of Castropol is divided into 9 parroquias :

• Balmonte - 253 inhabitants
• Barres - 644 inhabitants
• Castropol - 3,931 inhabitants
• Figueras - 714 inhabitants
• Moldes - 409 inhabitants
• Piñera - 428 inhabitants
• Presno - 381 inhabitants
• Seares - 220 inhabitants
• Tol - 335 inhabitants

(Source: INE )

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 of the original from June 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 : Castropol  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Federación Asturiana de Concejos
• Biblioteca de Castropol