Barredos ( Asturian: ) is a place in the

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of Tiraña in

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, a

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within the province and

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, in northern

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. The population is 1,677 people.

Location

Barredos is 2 kilometers from the district capital,

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. It lies at 31 kilometers from

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and 38 kilometers from

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History

The urban town was born as a mining town after the rise of coal mining in this part of the Nalón Mining Basin. In the 1950s it grew considerably with the construction of the ''First of May'' working-class neighborhood, a place of residence for many of the workers of the Carrio pit mine. In the center of the neighborhood, the church of

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was built, with a bell tower that stands out above the rooftops. The divides the town into two parts: the neighborhood with the church and the old town. The Tiraña river, a tributary of the Nalón, crosses the town. Some mining trails run through old coal mining sites. Next to one of them is the Rimoria suspension bridge, built by

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, with a profile similar to the

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but much smaller.

Services

Barredos has a primary school, a municipal sports center, and a stop for

FEVE Renfe Feve is a division of state-owned Spanish railway company Renfe Operadora. It operates most of Spain's of railway. This division of Renfe was previously a stand-alone company named FEVE (Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha,Law 11/1965 of 2 ...

on the Laviana-Gijón line. It also has regular bus service to the rest of the Nalón, Oviedo and Gijón Valleys.

References

External links

Unofficial site

Page with news from the City Council
Parishes in Laviana {{asturias-geo-stub