San Martín del Rey Aurelio ( Asturian: Samartín del Rei Aurelio) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of the

Autonomous Community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma , alt_name = , map = , category = Autonomous administra ...

of the

Principality 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 coextensive ...

in northern

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. There are three main towns in the municipality:

Sotrondio Sotrondio is a town in San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Asturias, Spain. In September 2007, by a decree of the Principality of Asturias, it joined the adjacent El Entrego and Blimea to form a single population center, San Martin del Rey, as a homon ...

El Entrego L'Entregu ( es, El Entrego, "the Hand-over") is a town and urban center in San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Asturias, Spain. In September 2007, by a decree of the Principality of Asturias, L'Entregu joined the adjacent Sotrondio and Blimea to form a ...

, and

Blimea Blimea is the most eastern parish of the San Martín del Rey Aurelio council. By Decree LAW December 2007, the town of Blimea joins El Entrego and Sotrondio to form the town of San Martin, being the town of Blimea one of its districts. Blime ...

, and many villages, such as Santa Bárbara and La Hueria. It is situated in the central part of Asturias, just below the

Sierra de San Mamés Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...

, part of the

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. The

Nalón River Nalón can refer to: * Nalón (Asturian comarca), in northern Spain * Nalón (river), a river in the comarca * Muros de Nalón Muros de Nalón ( Asturian: ''Muros'') is a small coastal municipality in the Spanish province of Asturias, with an a ...

, the longest river in Asturias, crosses the municipality.Concejo de San Martín del Rey Aurelio
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Redes Natural Park The Redes Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Natural de Redes) is located in the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. Its total area is , split between two municipalities: Caso () and Sobrescobio (). It was declared a natural park in 1996. ...

is located nearby. Historically a mining location, nowadays it is in a re-industrial process with the emigration of many young people (about 30% of under 30). New computer based factories are attempting to establish themselves.

Parishes

There are five ''parroquias'': *

Cocañín Cocañín (variant: ''Cocaño'') is one of five parishes (administrative divisions) in San Martín del Rey Aurelio, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is in size, with a population of ...

* Linares *

Rey Aurelio Rey may refer to: *Rey (given name), a given name *Rey (surname), a surname * Rey (''Star Wars''), a character in the ''Star Wars'' films * Rey, Iran, a city in Iran * Ray County, in Tehran Province of Iran * ''Rey'' (film), a 2015 Indian film *The ...

* Santa Bárbara

Politics

The current mayor is Enrique Fernández Rodríguez (

FSA-PSOE The Asturian Socialist Federation (Spanish: ''Federación Socialista Asturiana''), often shortened to FSA–PSOE, is the regional section of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in the Principality of Asturias. It was formed on 27 January 1 ...

Gallery

File:El Entrego (San Martín del Rey Aurelio) - Iglesia de San Andres 00.jpg , Iglesia de San Andrés in El Entrego, Linares

References

External links

Municipalities in Asturias * {{asturias-geo-stub