Tineo

Tineo / Tineu municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Narcea
Coordinates	43 ° 20 ′ N , 6 ° 25 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 20 ′ N , 6 ° 25 ′ W
Height :	556 msnm
Area :	540.83 km²
Residents :	9,389 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	17.36 inhabitants / km²
Founding:	1222
Postal code :	33870
Municipality number ( INE ):	33073
Nearest airport :	Asturias Airport 53.6 km
administration
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza Mayor, s / n - 33870 TINEO Tel .: + 34 985 86 02 32
Website :	tineo.es
Location of the municipality

Tineo is a city and namesake of the municipality of the same name in the autonomous community of Asturias in northern Spain .

history

Look at Tineo

As almost everywhere in Asturias, finds from the Stone Age confirm the early settlement of the region.
Several barrows can be seen in the Sierra de Cabra, near Curiscada, Bustellán, Tamallanes, Bones, Campiello, el Baradal and Merillés, and some can also be visited.

The Romans maintained several forts here with an accompanying infrastructure such as bridges and aqueducts , some of which still exist and are in use today. The Romans were also the ones with the places Navelgas and Cerrado gold found, mined this and how many coins found there prove impressed . There is still gold in these rivers today: The 32nd World Goldpanning Championships took place from 21 to 27 May. July 2008 in Navelgas (Concejo de Tineo).

From the reign of King Silo comes a document dated January 17, 780 about the foundation of the monastery "Monasterio de Santa María la Real" in Obona. In 1222 Alfonso IX founded Tineo as a transit point on the pilgrimage from Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela . The place continues this tradition today with two pilgrim hostels.

In the 19th century, the municipality was the scene of several battles and skirmishes in the Spanish struggle for freedom and the civil war of the Carlist .

The city's coat of arms shows at the top left: the Tineo Castle, top right: the coat of arms of García de la Plaza - the local hero - bottom left: the coat of arms of the Cistercian monastery of Castilla, bottom right: the coat of arms of the Franciscan order in the monastery of Tieno and in the middle : the coat of arms of the Counts of Tineo. The latter also serves as the city flag.

Local situation

The community is limited by

Northwest: Villayón	North: Valdes	Northeast: Salas
West: Allande		East: Belmonte de Miranda and Salas
Southwest Allande and Cangas del Narcea	South: Cangas del Narcea	Southeast: Somiedo

It is 66 km from Oviedo, 90 km from Gijón and 64 km from Avilés. Tineo can be reached by the following roads: AS-15 Cornellana - Puerto de Cerredo ; AS-215 Tineo - Rodical ; AS-216 Tineo - La Espina ; AS-217 Tineo - Pola de Allande ; AS-218 Tineo - Bárcena del Monasterio ; AS-219 Luarca - Pola de Allande; TI-1 Tineo - Villatresmil

Parroquias

The municipality of Tineo is divided into 44 parroquias :

As in large parts of Asturias, the proximity to the Gulf Stream means that the climate here is almost Mediterranean, with warm, dry summers but cold winters, and in autumn there are sometimes relatively strong storms.

The soil consists mainly of metamorphic rock such as quartzite , slate and sandstone and has its highest elevation with the Patana (1,532 m).

The municipal area is crossed by numerous rivers (Rio Vichar, Rio Garboso, Rio Las Pontidas, Rio Gera, Rio Rodical, Rio Arganza, Rio Pequeño), and the Rio Narcea forms the eastern border of the Comarca for long stretches. The reservoirs "Embalse de la Florida" and Embalse de la Barca are an enormous destination.

The biodiversity of red beech , birch , oak , chestnut , ash and hazelnut is striking, some of which are of astonishing size and age. For example:

"Carbayón de Valentín" (an oak - 16 m high - 20 m crown circumference - 10 m trunk)
"Fayona de Eiros" (a red beech - 28 m high - 30 m crown circumference - 4.45 m trunk - 200 years old)
declared a natural monument on April 27, 1995. With this wealth of trees and hedges and this is wild boar , deer , the Dam - and game birds so strongly represented that the hunt is essential and is practiced widely in the population.

a roman bridge

Wind farm on Mount Gallu

economy

Agriculture and mining are the largest employers in the region. The third position is taken by the trade and transport industry. At the reservoirs electricity has been generated for many decades, the construction of several modern wind farms, etc. a. on Mount Gallu, the municipality has made it one of the largest electricity producers in Asturias. Nature lovers and pilgrims to St. James make that tourism is also growing rapidly.

**Employment figures in the municipality of Tineo in the economic sectors**
	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	4,052	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	1,377	33.98
Industry	678	16.73
Construction industry	359	8.86
Service companies	1,638	40.42
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias, status 2009 (PDF; 79 kB) , SADEI

politics

The municipal council seats, which were reduced to 17 in 1987, are elected every 4 years and are divided as follows

Historical development in the municipal council of Tineo
Political party	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
PSOE	1	1	6th	6th	4th	4th	6th	11	12	9
CD / AP / PP	1	4th	3	2	4th	5	7th	5	4th	5
FAC									1	1
UCD / CDS	5	2	3
UCA / UCT	6th	14th	5	9	9	5	3
URAS						2
PAS						1
ATI							1
URAS-PAS-UC								1
Non-party	8th
IU										1
SoTi										1
Total	21st	21st	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th

Population development

Source: INE

Attractions

Entrance to the Museum of Sacred Art

Santa María la Real Monastery and Church

Museo del Oro (Gold Museum)

Museo de Arte Sacro de Tineo (Museum of Sacred Art)

Country houses and palaces in the vicinity

Campo de San Roque Natural Park

Sons and daughters

Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes , politician.
Rafael del Riego , general and revolutionary .
José Maldonado González , last President of the Second Spanish Republic

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).

↑ Albergue de Peregrinos "Mater Christi" - Marco Rodríguez, s / n - 33870-Tineo which has 20 places, Albergue de Peregrinos "Tineo" - C / Cabezas de San Juan - 33870 Tineo

^ Election results 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior

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Population figures see INE

Postcodes see [1]

For coordinates and heights, see Google Earth

Web links

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

Navigation bar St. James " Camino Primitivo "

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Location overview

[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] Albergue de Peregrinos "Mater Christi" - Marco Rodríguez, s / n - 33870-Tineo which has 20 places, Albergue de Peregrinos "Tineo" - C / Cabezas de San Juan - 33870 Tineo

[3] Election results 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior