Nalón (comarca)

Nalón is one of 8 '' comarcas'', administrative divisions 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 ...

, which is a

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and an

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. It has 83.000 inhabitants. The Nalón valley was an important point during the 19th and 20th centuries thanks to the siderurgy and

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

industry. The comarca of Nalón is divided into five municipalities (in Asturian ''Conceyos''). From south to north they are (in each case giving the Spanish-language name, followed by the Asturian, if different): * Caso (Casu) * Sobrescobio (Sobrescobiu) * Laviana (Llaviana) *

San Martín del Rey Aurelio San Martín del Rey Aurelio (Asturian language, Asturian: Samartín del Rei Aurelio) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality of the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. There are three main towns in the munici ...

(Samartín del Rei Aureliu) * Langreo (Llangréu) BosqueRedes

Comarcas of Asturias {{Asturias-geo-stub