Morcín is a municipality in the

Autonomous Community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...

of the

Principality of Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...

, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Santo Adriano and Ribera de Arriba, on the east by Ribera and

Mieres Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baíña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, ...

, on the south by Riosa on the west by

Quirós Quirós is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. To the southeast is the municipality of Lena, to the south lies the Autonomous Community of León, to the northeast Riosa and Morcín, to the north ...

Parishes

Argame Argame is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in Morcín, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Souther ...

* La Foz * La Piñera * Peñerudes * San Esteban *

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* Santa Eulalia

Twin towns

* Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba * Bir Enzaran,

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Lécousse Lécousse (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Population Inhabitants of Lécousse are called in French ''lecoussais''. See also *Communes of the Ille-et-Vilaine department The followin ...

, France

Gallery

File:Tower-1248318.jpg, Torreón de Peñerudes File:Ermita de Santiago Monsacro 0013.jpg, Hermitage of Santiago, in the Monsacro mountain; Morcín, Asturias File:Iglesia de la parroquia de San Miguel de Argame 0103.jpg, Church of the parish of San Miguel de Argame File:Iglesia de la parroquia de San Antonio de la Foz 0118.jpg, Church of the parish of San Antonio de la Foz; La Foz de Morcín File:Ermita de Santa Cecilia en el Vallín 0301.jpg, Hermitage of Santa Cecilia en el Vallín File:Santa Eulalia de Morcín.jpg, Church of the parish of Santa Eulalia de Morcín File:Embalse de Alfilorios.jpg, Embalse de Alfilorios File:Desfile Cofradía Amigos de los Nabos en Oviedo.jpg, Cofradía Amigos de los Nabos File:Capilla Medieval del Monsacro-Morcin, Asturias.PNG, Medieval chapel in Monsacro mountain

References

External links

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