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San José Gestoso
Xestoso ( es, San José Gestoso) is one of four ''parroquias'', a parish (administrative division) in Villanueva de Oscos, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is from Villanueva, the capital of the municipality. Situated at above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ..., it is in size, with a population of 91. 2011. Villages and hamlets * Batribán * Cotarelo * Regodesebes * Salgueiras * As Toleiras * Xestoso * Arcaxo * El Tesouro * A Casilla * Morán * El Xeixo[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parroquia (Spain)
A ''parroquia'' (, , ) is a population entity or parish found in Galicia and Asturias in north-west Spain. They are entities with a territorial scope lower than municipality and have their own legal personality. They usually, but not always, coincide with the ecclesiastic divisions as they originated on pair with them. In Galicia there are 3771 ''parroquias'', each comprising between three and fifteen or more villages. They developed over time as de facto entities up until Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981 recognized them as territorial entities below the ''concello'' (municipality). In Asturias there are 857 ''parroquias'' integrating the 78 ''concejos'' or ''conceyos'' (municipalities) in the region. Parroquias origin has its roots on the Roman Catholic Church entry during Roman and late Roman empire, similar to the British ''parishes''. From the late Roman empire on, a disperse network of parishes and private churches emerged. Those founded the base of a religious and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
