Vega is a parish 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. Its population was 3,484 in 2016.
Vega is a
residential
A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.
Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residen ...
and rural area, bordering with the districts of
Granda,
Castiello Bernueces,
Santurio,
Caldones,
Llavandera, and
Samartín de Güerces.
The
La Camocha coal mine (closed 2007) was located in Vega. The mining town of
La Camocha (including ''El Vaticano'' and ''Ciudad Virginia''
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 ...
s) is located in the mine surroundings.
Villages and their neighbourhoods
Aroles
*
La Camocha
Vega de Baxo
*Ciudad Virginia / Los Bloques
*La Iglesia
*La Piquiella
**La Parada
*Les Prairíes
Vega de Riba
*Camarranes
*Paniceres
*La Pomarada
*El Vaticano
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.''
Parishes in Gijón
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