El Mazuco is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the parroquia of Caldueño in the municipality of

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 ...

, 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 ...

, northern

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. Its population in 2004 was 67, in 25 dwellings. It is located at 355m above sea level in the

Sierra de Cuera Sierra de Cuera ( ast, Sierra del Cuera), is a 30 km long mountain chain of the Cantabrian Mountains. The ridge's highest point is Pico Turbina (1315 m). This mountain range is located at 6 km from the sea and runs parallel to the coast. ...

, at , which is 16 km from Llanes. The road from Llanes to

Meré Meré is a village (and also a parroquia) in the concejo of Llanes, in Asturias. Its population in 2004 was 175, in 84 dwellings. It is located on the banks of the ''Ríu de las Cabras'' at , which is 28 km from Llanes and about midway ...

passes over the ''Alto de la Tornería'' at 471m then drops down to the ''Ermita del Santo Ángel'' at 362m, where a left turn leads immediately into the village. 2 km to the south is the highest point in the concejo of Llanes, Peña Blanca (1182m). The village sits at the western end of a 2.5 km closed valley drained by the ''Río Belugas'' and the ''Río del Pasador'', which join just before sinking into Cueva del Bolugo (); the river passes nearly directly under the village to resurge at Caldueñin (). During the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...

, El Mazuco was the focus of a major battle from September 6, 1937 to September 22, 1937, when 5,000 men of the Republican forces held off over 33,000 Nationalists in the

Battle of El Mazuco The Battle of El Mazuco was fought between 6 and 22 September 1937, between the Republican and Nationalist armies during the Spanish Civil War as a part of the War in the North campaign. The Republican defence of El Mazuco and the surrounding ...

; see ''El Mazuco (La defensa imposible)''.
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2004–2005.) The only commercial establishment in the village today is the popular bar/restaurant ''El Roxin'', known for its traditional Asturian food and (at weekends) its grill.

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