Piedras Blancas is the capital town of the municipality of
Castrillón
Castrillón is a municipality in Asturias, located on the central coast. It has an area of 56.70 km² and a population of 22,361 inhabitants (in 2005). The most important population centres are the capital Piedras Blancas, Salinas, and R ...
, in the province of Asturias, Spain. It is west of Avilés, west of Gijón, northwest of Oviedo and east of
Asturias Airport
Asturias Airport, is the only international airport of Asturias, Spain, in Castrillón. Traffic consists primarily of scheduled domestic flights and some seasonal scheduled international flights. In 2012, the airport handled 1,309,640 passengers ...
.
Piedras Blancas is a singular entity of population and has the title of ''
Villa''.
Geography
Piedras Blancas, located in the parish of
Laspra, is within easy access by motorway to the main urban areas of Asturias (i.e.
Oviedo
Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...
,
Gijón,
Avilés
Avilés (; ) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias.
The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, ...
), and many of its residents commute daily to those areas.
Although not properly in the coastline, it is within walking distance from the beaches of
Salinas,
Arnao and
Santa Maria del Mar. The climate is
oceanic, characterized by mild winters and summers, with temperatures seldom exceeding or going below . Rain is frequent and may fall in any season, snow is rare.
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Towns in Asturias