Sierra del Cuera is an integrated network of protected areas in
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 ...
, Spain.
The landscape stretches over an area which affects five municipalities of the region:
Cabrales
Cabrales is a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. It is situated between the Sierra de Cuera and the Picos de Europa, and is a region famous for its Cabrales cheese.
Important towns within the municipa ...
,
Llanes
Llanes (the ''Concejo de Llanes'', ''Conceyu de Llanes'' in Asturian language) is a municipality of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. Stretching for about 30 km along the coast at the extreme east of the province, Llanes is bound ...
,
Peñamellera Alta,
Peñamellera Baja and
Ribadedeva
Ribadedeva (; Asturian and Cantabrian: Ribedeva) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. To the north is the Cantabrian Sea, while to the south lies Peñamellera Baja, to the west Llanes and to the e ...
. It could be defined as a coastal ridge about 40 kilometers long that begins at the
Sella River
The Sella is a river located in northwest Spain. It flows through the region of Asturias from the Picos de Europa to the Bay of Biscay of the Atlantic Ocean at Ribadesella
Ribadesella (Asturian: Ribeseya) is a small municipality in the ...
and is spreading near the sea into the
Deva River
The Deva is a river in Northern Spain, flowing through the Autonomous Communities of Cantabria and Asturias until it flows into Tina Mayor, an estuary. Its main tributaries are the Cares and Urdón rivers, among others.
Deva is the name of a C ...
. The protected landscape is excluded from the western part of the mountain, that is, the surface between the Bedón River and the Sella River.
Protected areas of Asturias