Villaviciosa (Asturias)

Villaviciosa municipality
	Town hall of the municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Asturias
Comarca :	Gijón (Comarca)
Coordinates	43 ° 29 ′ N , 5 ° 26 ′ W Coordinates: 43 ° 29 ′ N , 5 ° 26 ′ W
Area :	276.23 km²
Residents :	14,439 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	52.27 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	33300
Municipality number ( INE ):	33076
Nearest airport :	Asturias airport
administration
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza del Ayuntamiento ; 33300 VILLAVICIOSA
Website :	villaviciosa.es
Location of the municipality

Villaviciosa (Miliayo / Villaviciosa in Asturian ) is a concejo of the Comarca Gijón in the autonomous region of Asturias in northwestern Spain . The port city is located around 20 km east-southeast of Gijón at the end of the 9 km long ría (bay) of Villaviciosa, where it flows into the Bay of Biscay .

history

The crest

The community bears the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation under Charles I.

Until the Middle Ages

The first settlements were proven by finds from the Epipalaeolithic . The persistent settlement is confirmed by megalithic finds , ramparts and dolmens in the Ria and some valleys around today's Villaviciosa. The Romans used the place as a landing stage. In the Kingdom of Asturias , the places Amandi, Camoca, Fuentes and Bedriñana were founded and placed under the municipality.

And then

In the 12th century , Villaviciosa was subordinate to Oviedo . Starting with the reorganization of the administration under Alfonso IX. the community was first confirmed within its borders in 1270 under Alfonso X. The monastery " Monasterio de Santa María de Valdediós " in the neighboring Parroquia Puelles was given jurisdiction . Under the Catholic Monarchs , a pilgrims' hostel (hospice) was built for pilgrims on the Way of St. James ( Camino de la Costa ) to Santiago de Compostela . In 1517 the future Emperor Charles V landed in the nearby port of Tazones and then made a guest appearance in the Casa de Hevia, which is still preserved today . During the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula , the Parroquia was the march area for Spanish and Napoleonic troops.

geology

The geological structures that arose in the Triassic , Jurassic and Cretaceous periods can now be clearly seen on the cliffs and mountain ranges. The old building materials, mostly sandstone and limestone , also reflect this.

economy

The oldest branch of business in the region is undoubtedly the livestock industry; milk production and processing in particular have a large market share here today. Under Charles V , the fishing port of Tazones was subordinated to the municipality, and fishing is still an important branch of industry today .
The community is also known for its cider , which is still produced today in many smaller but also industrial companies.

**Employment figures for the municipality of Villaviciosa in the economic sectors**
	Employees	Percentage
TOTAL	4.175	100
Agriculture, livestock and fishing	645	15.45
Industry	479	11.47
Construction industry	487	11.66
Service companies	2,564	61.41
* Data from the Statistical Office for Economic Development in Asturias , status 2009 (PDF; 75 kB), SADEI

politics

The 17 seats of the municipal council are distributed as follows:

Historical development in the municipal council of Villaviciosa
Political party	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015
CD / AP / PP	4th	9	8th	8th	11	10	10	7th	6th	8th
FAC									5	1
PSOE	3	7th	6th	4th	4th	5	6th	7th	5	7th
IDEAS									1
URAS / URAS-PAS						1	1	3
PAS - UNA / PAS / URAS-PAS					1	1		3
UCD / CDS / CAS	3	1	3	2	1
ALIV				3
Non-party	7th
Somos Villaviciosa										1
Total	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th

Worth seeing

San Salvador de Valdediós , 9th century church
San Salvador de Priesca , church from the 10th century
San Andrés Church in Bedriñana, the foundation stone was laid in the 9th century
Church of Santa María de la Oliva of 1270, with richly sculpted portal

Population development

Source: INE

Parroquias

The following parroquias belong to the municipality of Villaviciosa :

Sons and daughters

Juan Fernández (1536–1604), navigator and explorer
Hevia (* 1967), musician
Francisco de Paula Caveda y Solares (1760-1811), historian
Xosé Caveda y Nava (1796–1882), writer
José Manuel Pérez Morís (1840–1881), historian
Víctor García de la Concha (* 1934), Director of the Real Academia Española
Arturo Cortina Llosa (* 1936), cardiologist
Manuel Busto Fernández (* 1975), canoeist, world champion in canoe marathon

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

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Population figures see INE

Postcodes see [1]

For coordinates and heights, see Google Earth

Web links

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

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

[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