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Valdés, Asturias
Valdés is a Spanish Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia (Spain), Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Salas, Asturias, Salas on the southeast, and Cudillero on the east. The rivers Esva River, Esva, Negro (river), Negro and Barayo River, Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality. The surname "Valdés (surname), Valdés", widespread throughout Spain and Hispanic America, is believed to have ultimately originated from the town of Valdés. Politics Parishes Notable residents *Álvaro de Albornoz, Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician *María Esther García López (b. 1948), poet and writer *Severo Ochoa, Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959. *Gil Parrondo, Gil Parrondo y Rico (1921-2016), set decorator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality ( es, municipio, , ca, municipi, gl, concello, eu, udalerria, ast, conceyu)In other languages of Spain: * Catalan/Valencian (), sing. ''municipi''. * Galician () or (), sing. ''municipio''/''bisbarra''. *Basque (), sing. ''udalerria''. * Asturian (), sing. ''conceyu''. is the basic local administrative division in Spain together with the province. Organisation Each municipality forms part of a province which in turn forms part or the whole of an autonomous community (17 in total plus Ceuta and Melilla): some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). There are a total of 8,131 municipalities in Spain, including the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. In the Principality of Asturias, municipalities are officially named ''concejos'' (councils). The average population of a municipality is about 5,300, but this figure masks a huge range: the most populo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navia (Spain)
Navia is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered by the municipalities of Villayón to the south, Valdés to the east, and Coaña to the west. It is also the name of a parish and a village in the municipality. The Navia River flows through the municipality. Parishes *Andés * Anleo * Navia * Piñera * Polavieja *Puerto de Vega Puerto de Vega is one of eight parishes (administrative divisions) in Navia, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. In 1995, Puerto de Vega won the Prince of Asturias Award The Princes ... * Villanueva * Villapedre References External linksWeb del Descenso de la ría del mismo nombreAsociación Juvenil de Navia (AJUNA)Club Natación Villa de Navia Municipalities in Asturias * {{Asturias-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boda Vaqueira
Boda may refer to: Geography * Boda River, a river on Fiji * Mount Boda, a mountain in Antarctica * Boda, Hungary, a village in Baranya county, Hungary * An area in Panchagarh District, Northern Bangladesh, India * Boda Upazila, an area in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh * Boda, Lobaye, a town in the prefecture of Lobaye, Central African Republic * Boda, Rajgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India Sweden * Böda, a village in Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar province * Boda, Sweden, a village in Rättvik municipality, Dalarna province * Böda Church, a church in Öland, Sweden * Boda glasbruk, a village in Emmaboda Municipality, Kronoberg province * Böda kronopark, a crown park (kronopark) on Öland * Böda socken, a former county district on Öland People * Imre Boda (born 1961), Hungarian soccer player * Katsushi Boda (Japanese: 保田 克史), Japanese stop-motion animator * Victor Biaka Boda (1913-1950), Ivorian politician Other * Bridge of Don Academy (BODA), a Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luarca (3882186004)
Luarca (Ḷḷuarca in Asturian and officially) is a parish and the principal town in the municipality of Valdés in Asturias, Spain. Luarca (town) is a fishing and pleasure port. Luarca (parish) had a population of 4,670 (2021), and an area of . The town is from Oviedo, the capital of Asturias. The Nobel laureate for Medicine in 1959, Severo Ochoa, was born in Luarca. It is well known for its beautiful architecture, landscapes, gastronomy, and tourist attractions. San Timoteo festivities usually attract thousands of people every August. Museo del Calamar Gigante, said to be the world's only museum dedicated to the giant squid, was based in the town from its opening in 2010 to its destruction by a storm in 2014; it reopened at a new location in the centre of town in 2022. Way of St. James The Way of St. James named The Northern Way (Camino de la Costa) passes Luarca. Economy Fishery and agriculture have dominated the region for hundreds of years. Luarca is home t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asturian Renewal Union
Asturian Renewal Union ( ast, Unión Renovadora Asturiana, URAS) is a regionalist political party from Asturias, Spain, founded in December 1998 by Sergio Marqués, after leaving the People's Party (PP) when he was President of the Principality of Asturias The President of the Principality of Asturias ( es, Presidente del Principado de Asturias); ast, Presidente del Principáu d'Asturies) is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. The president is chosen by the Gene .... History After being founded in 1998 by people who left PP and Asturianists, URAS contested the Asturian parliamentary election, 1999 achieving only three seats in the General Junta. For the 2007 election, URAS took part in a coalition with Partíu Asturianista called Asturianist Union. Sergio Marqués left the presidency of the party after the election, being replaced by Javier López Alonso. Election results 1 Joint list with Asturianist Party.2 Only took part in the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic And Social Centre (Spain)
Democratic and Social Centre ( es, Centro Democrático y Social, CDS) was a liberal political party in Spain, which was founded in 1982 by Adolfo Suárez, former Prime Minister of Spain. The party was a member of the Liberal Democratic and Reformist Group in the European Parliament and the Liberal International. In 2006, most of its remaining members merged into the People's Party, though a reduced faction continued the party, which won some seats in the 2007 local elections. History CDS was founded on 29 July 1982 by Adolfo Suárez, who had been the principal architect of the transition to a democratic system after the death of Francisco Franco and served as Prime Minister of Spain from 1976 to 1981. The followers of CDS claimed that their party was the inheritor of the political legacy of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). After resigning both as Prime Minister and party president of the UCD in January 1981, Suarez continued to struggle for control of the party ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party ( es, Partido Popular ; known mostly by its acronym, PP ) is a conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Spain. The People's Party was a 1989 re-foundation of People's Alliance (AP), a party led by former minister of the dictatorship Manuel Fraga and founded back in 1976 as alliance of post-Francoist proto-parties. The new party combined the conservative AP with several small Christian democratic and liberal parties (the party call this fusion of views "the Reformist Centre"). In 2002, Manuel Fraga received the honorary title of "Founding Chairman". The party's youth organization is New Generations of the People's Party of Spain (NNGG). The PP is a member of the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), and in the European Parliament its 16 MEPs sit in the EPP Group. The PP is also a member of the Centrist Democrat International and the International Democrat Union. The PP was also one of the founding organizations of the Budapest-based Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdés (surname)
Valdés is a Spanish toponymic surname of Asturias, Asturian origin. Its appearance has been dated back to the times of the Reconquista in the municipality of Valdés, Asturias, where the eponymous lineage began. The area around the current town of Luarca was known as Val de Ese, "valley of the river Ese", as attested in medieval documents. This river would later be known as the Esva River. According to Luis de Valdés' ''Memorias'' (1622), the river itself took its name from the letter s (''ese'' in Spanish) due to its similar shape, although this is considered unlikely. During medieval times the surname was taken by many families living in the area around Luarca, which make is difficult to establish demarcations between families of the time. By the 14th century, the surname had spread throughout the Kingdom of Castile, and later all of the Iberian peninsula. During the colonization of the Americas, the surname became established there, where many variations appeared, such as Valdez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negro (river)
In the English language, ''negro'' is a term historically used to denote persons considered to be of Black African heritage. The word ''negro'' means the color black in both Spanish and in Portuguese, where English took it from. The term can be construed as offensive, inoffensive, or completely neutral, largely depending on the region or country where it is used, as well as the context in which it is applied. It has various equivalents in other languages of Europe. In English Around 1442, the Portuguese first arrived in Southern Africa while trying to find a sea route to India. The term , literally meaning 'black', was used by the Spanish and Portuguese as a simple description to refer to the Bantu peoples that they encountered. denotes 'black' in Spanish and Portuguese, derived from the Latin word ''niger'', meaning 'black', which itself is probably from a Proto-Indo-European root , "to be dark", akin to , 'night'. ''Negro'' was also used of the peoples of West Africa in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esva River
The Esva is a river in northern Spain flowing through the Autonomous Community of Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv .... Rivers of Spain Rivers of Asturias {{Spain-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cudillero
Cudillero ( Asturian: ''Cuideiru'') is a municipality in the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Nowadays, Cudillero's main economic activities are related to tourism, but it is also known for its fishing industry. A legend says that it was founded by the Vikings. In addition to Castillian some locals still speak a dialect called Pixueto. Usually, Spanish-media considers Cudillero as one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Coat of Arms (See image at right) *Top left: Arms of the Pravia family. *Top right: Arms of the Omaña family. *Bottom: A reference to the Church of San Pedro. Way of Saint James The Way of Saint James, named The Northern Way (Camino de la Costa) passes through Cudillero. There is also a Pilgrim Heritage Hostal: Albergue de Peregrinos «Soto de Luiña» - Soto de Luiña, s/n – 3156-Cudillero with 20 Beds. Phone 985-59.00.03 Politic Parishes Cudillero has nine parishes (administrative divisions): *Ballota (Val.louta) *Cudillero (Cuideiru) *Fae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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