Ḷḷuarca
| Municipality of Valdés: Parroquia Luarca | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : | Asturias | ||
| Province : | Asturias | ||
| Comarca : | Eo-Navia | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 33 ′ N , 6 ° 32 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 0 msnm | ||
| Area : | 5.84 km² | ||
| Residents : | 5,279 (2011) INE | ||
| Population density : | 903.94 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 33700 | ||
| Area code: | 33034090000 | ||
Luarca ( Asturian Luarca ) is the capital of the Spanish municipality of Valdés in the west of the Autonomous Community of Asturias . The place has 5,279 inhabitants (as of 2011) and an area of 5.84 km².
location
Luarca is located on the Costa Verde , a section of the north-west Spanish Atlantic coast , halfway between Gijón and the border with Galicia . The place has a sports and fishing port.
economy
In addition to the fishing port, the city's economic focus today is tourism . The majority of the visitors come from Spain. The city offers a wide range of traditional shops and restaurants, both in the center and in the surrounding area. And the beach zone is very busy in summer.
The ALSA Grupo company was founded in Luarca in 1923 .
In the storm surge in 2014 in Asturias , a large part of has been Maritime Museum Aula del Mar destroyed, below that is the most important collection of giant squid .
On the Camino de Santiago
Luarca is a station on the northern route of the Camino de Santiago , the Camino de la Costa . In La Isla, 4 km from the town center, there is the pilgrims' hostel : Albergue de Peregrinos «Almuña» - Almuña, s / n - 33700-Luarca (Valdés) which has 16 places.
Villages and hamlets
- Almuña 874 inhabitants 2011
- Fontoria (Fontouria) 92 inhabitants 2011
- Luarca (Ḷḷuarca) 4241 inhabitants 2011
- Portizuelo (Portizuolu) uninhabited 2011
- Barcellina / Villar 72 inhabitants 2011
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Giant waves flood Spain's coast . Welt Online , February 2, 2014
- ↑ Luarca. The White Town of the Green Coast