Somiedo
Somiedo municipality | ||
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Town hall of the municipality
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Asturias | |
Comarca : | Oviedo | |
Coordinates | 43 ° 6 ′ N , 6 ° 15 ′ W | |
Height : | 695 msnm | |
Area : | 291.38 km² | |
Residents : | 1,153 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 3.96 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 33940-33942 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 33068 | |
Nearest airport : | Asturias airport 72.30 km | |
administration | ||
Address of the municipal administration: | Plaza de Calvo Sotelo s / n 33840 POLA DE SOMIEDO | |
Website : | somiedo.es | |
Location of the municipality | ||
Somiedo ( Asturian Somiedu ) is a municipality ( concejo ) in the Autonomous Region of Asturias in Spain . The main town and seat of the municipal administration is Pola de Somiedo .
geography
geology
The region was formed in the Triassic and Jurassic . The subsoil consists mainly of sandstone , quartzite and limestone .
Waters
- The Río Pigüeña has its source near the village of El Covacho
- The Río Somiedo has its source near the Puerto de Somiedo mountain pass
Surroundings
The municipality of Somiedo is surrounded by
Northwest: Tineo | North: Belmonte de Miranda | Northeast: Grado |
West: Cangas del Narcea | East: Teverga | |
Southwest Province of León | South: Province of León | Southeast: Province of León |
history
Experts already suspect a settlement in the Neolithic Age , but the settlement can only be proven in the Bronze Age . Remains of ramparts have been found near the towns of Trascastro and Pola , which indicate continued settlement. Several denarii from the 1st century BC were found near the towns of Gua and Coto de la Buena , which shows the lively trading activity of the residents.
During the Roman occupation, the road network was significantly expanded and protected by forts in exposed places. Many of these routes were still of vital military importance during the Reconquista .
In the middle of the 12th century, King Ferdinand II and his wife Urraca donated a monastery to the young Cistercian order near the village of Gua , to which another monastery and several churches were added in quick succession. At the end of the 13th century, the nearby Belmonte exerted enormous economic pressure on the monastery, so that King Alfonso X granted the place town and market rights . In 1277 several localities were subordinated to the city, so that the city grew into a municipality.
In 1810, during the Spanish War of Independence, the municipality was the deployment and retreat area for the Asturian troops against the advancing French army. Due to the strategic location of the municipality, it was a strongly defended area again and again during the Carlist Wars and the Spanish Civil War .
Population development
Source: INE - graphic processing for Wikipedia
Parroquias
Surname | Asturian | Residents | Coordinates | Surname | Asturian | Residents | Coordinates | |
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Aguino | Aguinu | 25th | 43 ° 6 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 16 ′ 20 ″ W. | Las Morteras | 58 | 43 ° 9 ′ 10 ″ N , 6 ° 14 ′ 6 ″ W. | ||
Clavillas | Clavichas | 86 | 43 ° 10 ′ 16 ″ N , 6 ° 15 ′ 29 ″ W. | Pigüeña | 112 | 43 ° 8 ′ 10 ″ N , 6 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ W. | ||
Corés | 28 | 43 ° 6 ′ 32 ″ N , 6 ° 19 ′ 13 ″ W. | Pigüeces | 78 | 43 ° 8 ′ 57 " N , 6 ° 18 ′ 51" W. | |||
El Coto | 61 | 43 ° 4 ′ 46 ″ N , 6 ° 14 ′ 10 ″ W. | Pola de Somiedo | La Pola | 233 | 43 ° 5 ′ 33 " N , 6 ° 15 ′ 26" W. | ||
El Puerto | El Puertu | 74 | 43 ° 1 ′ 37 " N , 6 ° 13 ′ 41" W. | Valle de Lago | El Valle | 108 | 43 ° 4 ′ 19 ″ N , 6 ° 11 ′ 57 ″ W. | |
Éndriga | 115 | 43 ° 5 ′ 35 " N , 6 ° 9 ′ 30" W. | Veigas | 75 | 43 ° 6 ′ 12 ″ N , 6 ° 12 ′ 51 ″ W. | |||
Gúa | 155 | 43 ° 4 ′ 46 " N , 6 ° 15 ′ 36" W. | Villar de Vildas | 100 | 43 ° 5 ′ 27 ″ N , 6 ° 20 ′ 12 ″ W. | |||
La Riera | La Ḷḷera'l Coutu | 101 | 43 ° 9 ′ 20 " N , 6 ° 15 ′ 35" W. |
politics
Political party | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 |
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PSOE | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 5 | 7th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 7th |
FAC | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
CD / AP / PP | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
UCD / CDS | 1 | |||||||||
US | 1 | |||||||||
Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
economy
Industry | Employees | Percentage |
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Agriculture, livestock and fishing | 193 | 50.13 |
Industry | 6th | 1.56 |
Construction industry | 8th | 2.08 |
Service companies | 178 | 46.23 |
TOTAL | 385 | 100.0 |
Source: Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias , status 2009, SADEI
Attractions
- Church of San Pedro de la Riera, from the 18th century with a nave in the shape of a Latin cross , with a barrel vault topped by a bell tower .
- Parish church of San Pedro in Pola from the 18th century
- Church of San Salvador in Éndriga from the 17th century
- Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve Parque Natural de Somiedo
Sons and daughters of the church
swell
- ↑ 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).
- ^ Election results 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
- ↑ Election results 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Office for Economic Development in Asturias )
- Population figures see INE
- For coordinates and heights, see Google Earth
- Postcodes on GeoPostcodes.com
Web links
- Webcams in Somiedo
- Asturian municipalities website (Spanish text)
- Pages of the municipality in the tourism portal Vivirasturias (Spanish and English text)