Tremañes is a

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural are ...

of the municipality of

Gijón / Xixón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the centr ...

, 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 communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

, Spain.Gijón/Xixón official toponomy
- (

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) Previously to be integrated in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

, Roces was one of the historical

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of the city. Its population was 3,411 in 1994 and decreased to 2,369 in 2012. An important industrial axis, the district included the ''Natahoyo'' area until the 20th century, (nowadays a coastal

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...

of the

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). Due to its recent heavy industrialization, Tremañes itself tends to be considered part of the ''West'' area of the

(numbered ''7'').

Neighbourhoods and places

;La Braña *Nuevo Gijón / La Peral (between La Braña, Pumarín and Les Maravilles) *El Parrochu *La Peral *El Polígono ;Los Campones *El Plano ;Lloreda *Porreza ;Les Maravilles ;El Natahoyo *Moreda ;La Picota *El Caravacu *La Muria *La Quintana ;Pumarín *L'Alto Pumarín *Les Mil Quinientes *Perchera ;Santolaya ;La Torre *El Mortero *El Poblao de Santa Bárbara ;La Xuvería *Les Cases de Pinón *El Pontón

References

External links

Official Toponyms
- Principality of Asturias website.

- ''BOPA Nº 229 - Martes, 3 de octubre de 2006'' & ''DECRETO 105/2006, de 20 de septiembre, por el que se determinan los topónimos oficiales del concejo de Gijón.'' Geography of Asturias Parishes in Gijón {{Asturias-stub