Valdés is a Spanish

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in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the

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on the north, the municipalities of Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south,

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on the southeast, and

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on the east. The rivers Esva,

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and Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality. The surname " Valdés", widespread throughout Spain and Hispanic America, is believed to have ultimately originated from the town of Valdés.

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* Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician *

María Esther García López María Esther García López (born, 8 December 1948, La Degollada, Valdés, Asturias) is a poet and writer in Asturian and Spanish. She is the president of the Asociación de Escritores de Asturias (Asturias Writers Association). She graduated i ...

(b. 1948), poet and writer * Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959. * Gil Parrondo y Rico (1921-2016), set decorator * Margarita Salas Folgueras (1938-2019), scientist

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Townhall website

* ttp://www.vivirasturias.com/turismo/valdes.html Vivasturias (tourism page)
Images of Valdés
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