La Camocha is a former coal mine which is seven kilometers south of Gijon,

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. It was operated by Minas la Camocha SA, which is affiliated with González y Díez SA. The former mining railway that once linked the coal mine of La Camocha to

Veriña Veriña is the smallest district (''parroquia rural'') of the municipality of Gijón / Xixón, in Asturias, Spain. The population of Veriña was 194 in 2005 and 177 in 2008. Veriña is located in the west of Gijón, being an important industria ...

has been replaced by La Camocha Greenway, a trail for hikers and cyclists. The

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Comisiones Obreras The Workers' Commissions () since the 1970s has become the largest trade union in Spain. It has more than one million members, and is the most successful union in labor elections, competing with the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT), which is ...

'' (CC.OO.) was born in the La Camocha mine.El País.
En La Camocha, donde nació CCOO, ganó este sindicato
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