La Foz

Morcín municipality: Parroquia La Foz
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Oviedo
Coordinates	43 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 52 ′  W
Height :	253  msnm
Area :	11.17 km²
Residents :	990 (January 1, 2011) INE
Population density :	88.63 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33161
Area code:	33038020000
Nearest airport :	Asturias Airport 63.2 km
administration
Address of the municipal administration:	Avenida de Pumarín Nº 3, 33162 Santa Eulalia de Morcín (Asturias)
Location of the municipality

La Foz de Morcín, also simply called "La Foz", is a Parroquia and at the same time its main town in the northern Spanish municipality of Morcin in Asturias . La Foz de Morcín is six kilometers from the town hall in Santa Eulalia de Morcín .
The 990 inhabitants (2010) are spread over numerous localities.

Villages and hamlets

• La Collada 25 inhabitants 2011 43 ° 16 ′ 1 ″  N , 5 ° 52 ′ 31 ″  W
• La Figar 1 inhabitant 2011 43 ° 15 ′ 22 ″  N , 5 ° 51 ′ 28 ″  W
• Lugar de Abajo 344 inhabitants 2011 43 ° 15 ′ 9 ″  N , 5 ° 52 ′ 16 ″  W
• Lugar de Arriba 293 inhabitants 2011 43 ° 15 ′ 2 ″  N , 5 ° 52 ′ 15 ″  W
• Las Mazas 282 inhabitants 2011 43 ° 15 ′ 55 ″  N , 5 ° 52 ′ 9 ″  W
• Otura 8 inhabitants 2011 43 ° 15 ′ 17 ″  N , 5 ° 52 ′ 52 ″  W
• Panizales 7 inhabitants 2011
• Porriman 4 inhabitants 2011 43 ° 15 ′ 55 ″  N , 5 ° 51 ′ 53 ″  W
• El Pradiquin uninhabited 2011
• La Puente 13 inhabitants 2011
• Los Llanos 11 residents 2011
• Comunes uninhabited 2011
• Los Turulledos 2 residents 2011

Worth seeing

• The parish church "Iglesia de San Antonio Abad" consecrated to St. Anthony
• "Museo Etnográfico de la Lechería" the milk and cheese museum founded in 1922.

Regional products

La Foz de Morcín is known for the cheese (queso) Afuega'l Pitu , which is produced here.

Population development

Source: website of the INE - graphical workup for Wikipedia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Info page of the church (es) ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Information page of the museum (es) ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.