Grado (Asturias)

Grado municipality
	Town hall of the municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Oviedo
Coordinates	43 ° 23 ′ N , 6 ° 4 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 23 ′ N , 6 ° 4 ′ W
Height :	69 msnm
Area :	221.63 km²
Residents :	9,784 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	44.15 inhabitants / km²
Founding:	March 3, 1256
Postal code :	33119, 33820 al 33829, 33909, 33928
Municipality number ( INE ):	33026
Nearest airport :	Asturias Airport 28.7 km
administration
Mayor :	Antonio Rey PP
Address of the municipal administration:	C /. Alonso de Grado 3, 33820 Grado, Tel .: +34
Website :	ayto-grado.es
Location of the municipality

Grado (Asturian: gray ) is a Spanish municipality ( concejo in Asturias, corresponds to the municipio in the rest of Spain) in the autonomous region of Asturias . It borders Candamo and Las Regueras to the north, Teverga and Yernes y Tameza to the south, Belmonte de Miranda and Salas to the west, and Proaza , Santo Adriano and Oviedo to the east . The capital is Grado.

history

The oldest finds in the community date from the Bronze Age ; Isolated fragments of ramparts from the Iron Age can still be seen . Despite the heavy settlement during the Romanization , only a few documents from this era have survived, as the population repeatedly used the buildings as quarries . The watchtowers in Villanueva , Báscones and Coalla are impressive buildings from the time of the feudal lords . In the early Middle Ages the community was still divided into the districts of Pramaro, Salcedo and Bayo. The amalgamation to today's size only took place in the 13th century.

Way of St. James

Grado is a stop on one of the oldest historical Camino de Santiago , the Camino Primitivo .

Parroquias

The municipality of Grado is divided into 28 parroquias

Population development

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

politics

Historical development of the seats in the Grado Municipal Council
Political party	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
IU	7th	10	10	9	5	6th	8th	5	6th	9
PP	3	4th	3	2	7th	3	3	6th	6th	4th
PSOE	3	3	2	4th	4th	5	6th	3	2	3
AIGRAS								3	2
FAC									1	1
UCD / CDS	4th		2	1
CIM				1	1
URAS						3
Total	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th

economy

*Employment figures in the municipality of Grado in the individual economic sectors*
Industry	Employees	Percentage
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	368	13.15
Industry	235	8.40
Construction industry	314	11.22
Service companies	1,882	67.24
TOTAL	2,799	100

Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias ( SADEI ) as of 2009

Worth seeing

Local history museum ( Museo Etnográfico de Grado - La Cardosa s / n - 33820 Grado, Tel .: 985 75 30 73)
Capilla (chapel) de los Dolores from the 18th century
Parish church Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro from 1890
Iglesia de San Martín in Gurullés from 1117
Watchtower Torre de Villanueva