Llanera is a municipality in the

Autonomous Community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma , alt_name = , map = , category = Autonomous administra ...

of the

Principality of 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 coextensive ...

, Spain. It is bordered on the north by

Gijón 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 cent ...

and

Corvera de Asturias Corvera de Asturias ( Asturian: ''Corvera'') is a municipality in the principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It shares a boundary to the north with Avilés and Gozón; to the east with Carreño and Gijón; to the south with Llanera and Illa ...

, on the south by

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

, on the east by Gijón and

Siero Siero is a municipality of the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Its capital is Pola de Siero Pola de Siero (in Asturian and as official name La Pola Siero, and also known as La Pola colloquially) is a town in ...

, and on the west by

Illas Illas is a municipality in Asturias, Spain, located in the western central part of the province and bordered by the municipalities of Castrillón, Candamo, Llanera, and Corvera de Asturias. Parishes There are three parishes (administrative di ...

and

Las Regueras Las Regueras (Les Regueres en Asturiano) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Illas and Llanera, on the south by Grado, on the west by Candamo, and on the east ...

. Its capital is located 11 km from Oviedo, 20 km from

Avilés Avilés (; ) is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, ...

, and 22 km from Gijón. Renfe, the national railroad organization, has stations in Lugo de Llanera, Villabona y Ferroñes. The municipality has an important industrial sector. There are industrial parks at Silvota and Asipo. There is a penitentiary in Villabona. Lugo de Llanera was founded as a Roman settlement, named ''Lucus Asturum''. It is situated at the fork of the

Roman road Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...

s to Astorga and

Cantabria Cantabria (, also , , Cantabrian: ) is an autonomous community in northern Spain with Santander as its capital city. It is called a ''comunidad histórica'', a historic community, in its current Statute of Autonomy. It is bordered on the east ...

Parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

Notable people

* Francisco Álvarez Martínez (1925–2022), cardinal of the Catholic Church

References

External links

Federación Asturiana de Concejos
Municipalities in Asturias * Astures {{Asturias-geo-stub