Salas (Asturias)

Salas municipality
Town hall of the municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Oviedo
Coordinates	43 ° 25 ′  N , 6 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 25 ′  N , 6 ° 16 ′  W
Height :	245  msnm
Area :	227.11 km²
Residents :	4,959 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	21.84 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33860
Municipality number  ( INE ):	33059
Nearest airport :	Asturias Airport 36.6 km
administration
Address of the municipal administration:	Avda. LLaniello, 15 year-old Dcha. 33860 SALAS
Website :	ayto-salas.es
Location of the municipality

Salas is a Spanish municipality ( concejo in Asturias, corresponds to the municipio in the rest of Spain) in the autonomous region of Asturias . The main town and seat of the municipal administration is also Salas.

location

The municipality of Salas is bounded by

Valdés	Cudillero	Pravia
Tineo		Candamo
Tineo	Belmonte de Miranda	Grado

history

The crest

• top left: the coat of arms of the Salas family
• top right: the coat of arms of the Benedictine congregation of Valladolid
• bottom left: the coat of arms of the Miranda family
• bottom right: the coat of arms of the Valdés family

Antiquity

Numerous finds from the Paleolithic confirm the early settlement of the municipality. The numerous dolmens and remains of ramparts , which still bear clear evidence today, should be emphasized .
Axes and fibulae from the Bronze Age confirm the continued settlement and brisk trade, after finds from Malleza could clearly be assigned to neighboring Álava .

From the time of the Roman occupation there are still partly used water supply channels and traces of mining at the copper and gold mines of Godán , Ablaneda and Carlés . Some place names cannot deny their Roman origin. The most important evidence is probably a stele with the inscription "Flavio Cabarco, son of Auledo and Caya lies here".

middle Ages

The first written mention of Salas comes from the year 896, in a deed of assignment from the neighboring Archdiocese of Oviedo , which concerns the church of San Martin de Salas.
The monastery Monasterio de San Salvador was founded in 1024 by order of Infanta Christina.

Modern times

At the end of the 16th century, the parishes of Soto de los Infantes , Linares and Lavi were integrated into the municipality of Salas. In 1804 the parishes of San Antolín de las Dorigas , San Esteban de las Dorigas , and San Justo de las Dorigas, Santa Eulalia de las Dorigas followed .
During the Spanish War of Independence , Marshal Ney 's advance at Cornellana was stopped on May 17, 1809, and the parish could only be taken in 1810 in a second attempt by troops under Marshal Bonnet .

Politics

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

Historical development of the Salas Municipal Council
Political party	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
PSOE		6th	6th	9	8th	10	8th	7th	6th	3
FAC									5	9
CD / AP / PP	3	7th	5	4th	5	2	5	5	2	1
PCE / IU - BA								1
UCD / CDS	4th		2
UCA	6th
CIS						1
Total	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

economy

Employment figures in the Salas municipality in the economic sectors

	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	1,907	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	553	6.98
Industry	339	29.00
Construction industry	153	8.02
Service companies	862	45.20
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias, status 2009 (PDF; 109 kB), SADEI

Population development

Source: INE - graphic processing for Wikipedia

Parroquias

The municipality is in 28 Parroquias divided

Alava Ardesaldo Bodenaya Camuño Cermoño Cornellana Godan

Idarga La Espina Láneo Lavio Linares Mallecina Malleza

Millara Priero Salas San Antolín de las Dorigas San Esteban de las Dorigas San Justo de las Dorigas San Vicente

Santa Eulalia de las Dorigas Santiago de la Barca Santullano Soto de los Infantes Viescas Villamar Villazón

Worth seeing

• Parish church "Iglesia de San Martin" with foundations from the 10th century
• Monastery "Monasterio de San Salvador" in Cornellana from the 12th century
• A multitude of different horreos from several centuries

A large number of architectural monuments from partially pre-Romanesque times as well as necropolises and ramparts can be found throughout the municipality.

On the Camino de Santiago

The municipality of Salas is crossed by the Camino Primitivo , there are 3 hostels in the municipality for pilgrims:

• Monasterio de San Salvador; Plaza del Campillo, in 33850 Cornellana Tel: [phone] Contact person in the Bar La Taberna, Cornellana, Susana Tel: [phone]. The Refugio offers space for 24 people.
• Albergue Municipal de Salas; Urbanización La Veiga, nº8 33860 Salas; via Policía Local Tel: [phone]; The Refugio can accommodate 16 people.
• Refugio de Bodenaya; Bodenaya, 33891 La Espina; Contact person Alejandro Tel: [phone]. The Refugio offers space for 14 people.

Sons and daughters of the church

Statue of Fernando Valdés Salas in the University of Oviedo

• Fernando Valdés Salas , Inquisitor General of Castile , founder of the University of Oviedo .
• Juan Velarde Fuertes , economist.
• Manuel Díaz Vega , President of the Spanish Football Association
• Luján Argüelles , journalist and TV presenter

Web links

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

• Site of the Asturian Municipalities (es)
• Pages of the municipality in the tourism portal Vivirasturias

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. ^ Election results 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
3. ↑ Election results 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior ( Memento of the original from July 1, 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. 

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