Illas is a municipality 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, located in the western central part of the province and bordered by the municipalities of
Castrillón,
Candamo
Candamo ( Asturian: ''Candamu'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the east by Las Regueras, on the south by Grado, on the north by Illas, Castrillón and Soto del Barco, and ...
,
Llanera, and
Corvera de Asturias.
Parishes
There are three
parishes (administrative divisions):
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Illas
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La Peral
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Villa
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Geography
The area of Illas is very hilly. One of the most remarkable is the Pico Gorfolí with a height of 619 meters above sea level. The county of
Avilés,
Cabo Peñas, and the
Bay of Biscay can be viewed from Pico Gorfolí. If the sky is cloudless, one can observe the
Picos de Europa.
Economy
The county has an economy based on agricultural and
cattle
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trading. This is reflected in two kinds of
cheeses, the cheese of ''La Peral'' and Taborneda known as "''Gorfolí''".
With the arrival of the
industry
Industry may refer to:
Economics
* Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity
* Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery
* The wider industrial sector ...
at Avilés, a lot of workers went there from the county of Illas to work on the new productive processes.
References
Municipalities in Asturias
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