Grass (Villaviciosa)
Municipality of Villaviciosa: Parroquia grass | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : |
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Comarca : | Gijón (Comarca) | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 28 ′ N , 5 ° 29 ′ W | |
Height : | 68 msnm | |
Area : | 2.78 km² | |
Residents : | 108 (January 1, 2011) INE | |
Population density : | 38.85 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 33313 | |
Area code: | 33076170000 | |
Nearest airport : | Asturias airport | |
administration | ||
Address of the municipal administration: | Plaza del Generalísimo s / n
33300 VILLAVICIOSA |
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Location of the municipality | ||
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Grass is one of 41 parroquias in the municipality of Villaviciosa in the autonomous region of Asturias in Spain .
The 108 inhabitants (2011) live in 12 villages on an area of 2.78 km².
history
The settlement is proven long before the Celts by the Asturians . Grass received the most important increase in population in the Roman Empire when a large resettlement of civilians took place.
Attractions
- Chapel "Capilla de San Blas"
- Church "Iglesia de San Vicente" in Grases from 1769
- The Parroquia is known for the many old water mills and horreos .
- The church "Iglesia de San Vicente" in Grases and the chapel "Capilla de San Blas" in Casquita are stops on the Way of St. James , the Camino de la Costa.
Villages and hamlets in the Parroquia
- Casquita - 16 inhabitants (2011) 43 ° 27 ′ 59 ″ N , 5 ° 27 ′ 42 ″ W
- El Mayorazo (El Mayorazu) - 1 inhabitant (2011)
- Grases de Abajo (Grases d'Abaxu) - 22 inhabitants (2011)
- Grases de Arriba (Grases d'Arriba) - 11 inhabitants (2011)
- La Barraca - 11 inhabitants (2011)
- La Llosa - uninhabited (2011)
- La Mota - 5 inhabitants (2011)
- La Venta - 5 inhabitants (2011)
- Los Cuadros - 2 residents (2011)
- Los Molinos - 1 inhabitant (2011)
- Maoxu - 34 inhabitants (2011)
- Sabudiego (Sabudiellu) - uninhabited (2011)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rise and fall of the Roman world - ISBN 3-11-005838-3, pages 545-546
Web links
- Info page in the tourism portal vivirasturias
- Map of Asturias (PDF; 12.52 MB)