Nava (Asturias)

Nava municipality
Town hall of the municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Oviedo
Coordinates	43 ° 21 ′  N , 5 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′  N , 5 ° 30 ′  W
Height :	244  msnm
Area :	95.81 km²
Residents :	5,321 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	55.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33520
Municipality number  ( INE ):	33040
Nearest airport :	Asturias Airport - La Morgal Airport
administration
Mayor :	Emilio Ballesteros Baños ( APN )
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza de Manuel Uría 1, 33520 NAVA, Tel .: [phone]
Website :	ayto-nava.es
Location of the municipality

Nava is a place and a municipality in the Autonomous Region of Asturias in northern Spain . The 5,321 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) live in six Parroquias .

Community structure

• Ceceda (Cecea) 526 inhabitants 2008 43 ° 21 ′ 24 ″  N , 5 ° 27 ′ 13 ″  W
• Cuenya 301 inhabitants 2008 43 ° 22 ′ 55 ″  N , 5 ° 29 ′ 8 ″  W
• El Remedio (Remediu) 324 inhabitants 2008 43 ° 22 ′ 39 ″  N , 5 ° 32 ′ 42 ″  W
• Nava 3932 inhabitants 2008
• Priandi 186 inhabitants 2008 43 ° 20 ′ 49 ″  N , 5 ° 32 ′ 3 ″  W
• Tresali 91 inhabitants 2008 43 ° 21 ′ 39 ″  N , 5 ° 28 ′ 31 ″  W

The coat of arms of the municipality consists of the coat of arms of the family “Alvarez de las Asturias” (above), the coat of arms of the monastery “San Pelayo de Oviedo” (left below) and the coat of arms of the “Family Posadas” (right below).

history

As almost everywhere in Asturias, finds from the Paleolithic confirm the early settlement of the region.

The Romans also maintained several forts there with the appropriate infrastructure to protect the gold mines of northern Spain and to supply them logistically. Significant coin and ceramic finds confirm the settlement over several hundred years.

During the Spanish War of Independence and the Carlist uprisings , the community was confirmed within its current borders. The most important infrastructure project of this time was the construction of the Oviedo - Infiesto railway line .

geography

The municipality is bordered by Sariego , Cabranes and Villaviciosa in the north, in the south by Piloña and Laviana , in the west by Bimenes and Siero .

The Rio Piloña is the largest river in the municipality. Other rivers worth mentioning are: the Río Merenderi , the Rio Salar , the Rio Punegru , the Rio la Faya , the Rio Los Cuervos , the Pendón and the Rio Fuensanta . The municipality's rivers are known for their abundance of trout , salmon and other game fish.

The mountain ranges of the Sierra de la Peña Mayor with the Pico Trigueiro (1,291 m) limit the municipality to the west. The low mountain ranges of the "Sierra de Ques", with the "Bierces (769 m)" and the nearby "Varallonga (865 m)" represent the last larger elevations towards the coast.

You can reach Nava via the following transport connections:

• Closest international airport: Asturias Airport .
• There are FEVE stops in every place in the municipality.
• The municipality can be reached by car via the N-634 (east / west) and the AS-357 (north / south).

economy

Agriculture, and especially fruit growing (apples), has been the main source of income for the community since ancient times. The middle class is characterized by sidra production . The service industry with the tourism industry is also the division with the greatest growth here.

Employment figures in the Nava municipality in the economic sectors

	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	1,455	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	213	14.64
Industry	266	18.28
Construction industry	164	11.27
Service companies	812	55.81
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias, status 2009 (PDF; 109 kB), SADEI

Specialties

• Through the centuries of cider production, a multitude of recipes for apple wine have developed here. Chorizo in sidra and rabbit in sidra are particularly noteworthy .
• The fabada has a long tradition here, as in all of Asturias, and is mainly eaten in the cold season.

Population development

Source: INE graphic processing for Wikipedia

politics

The 13 seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows:

Historical development of the distribution of seats in the municipal council of Nava
Political party	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
PSOE	9	8th	8th	6th	6th	5	6th	7th	5	7th
APN							2	2	3	3
FAC									3	1
AP / PP		5	3	6th	6th	4th	5	4th	2	1
UCD / CDS			2
PAS - UNA / PAS				1	1	4th
Independientes	4th
AGORA NAVA										1
Total	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

Attractions

• San Bartolomé de Nava Monastery
• Chapel of Santos Martires in Llames Bajo
• Parish Church of San Andrés from 1896
• Parish Church of San Bartolomé in Nava
• El Museo de la Sidra (Museum of the Sidra )

Festivals and Celebrations

• in July, the great “Festival de la Sidra” in Nava
• For more Ferias see the event calendar

Web links

Commons : Nava  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Site of the Asturian municipalities
• Info page in the tourism portal vivirasturias
• Map of Asturias (PDF; 12.52 MB)

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. ↑ Information page of the community
3. ↑ Description of the coat of arms (es) ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Election 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
5. ↑ Election 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior ( Memento of the original from June 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Calendar of events ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

• Population figures see INE
• Postcodes see [1]
• For coordinates, heights and distances, see Google Maps, town hall of the municipality