San Martín del Rey Aurelio ( Asturian: Samartín del Rei Aurelio) is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality ...

of the

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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 ...

in northern

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. There are three main towns in the municipality:

Sotrondio Sotrondio is a town in San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Asturias, Spain. In September 2007, by a decree of the Principality of Asturias, it joined the adjacent El Entrego and Blimea to form a single population center, San Martin del Rey, as a homonym ...

El Entrego L'Entregu ( es, El Entrego, "the Hand-over") is a town and urban center in San Martín del Rey Aurelio, Asturias, Spain. In September 2007, by a decree of the Principality of Asturias, L'Entregu joined the adjacent Sotrondio and Blimea to form ...

, and

Blimea Blimea is the most eastern parish of the San Martín del Rey Aurelio council. By Decree LAW December 2007, the town of Blimea joins El Entrego L'Entregu ( es, El Entrego, "the Hand-over") is a town and urban center in San Martín del Rey Aur ...

, and many villages, such as Santa Bárbara and La Hueria. It is situated in the central part of Asturias, just below the Sierra de San Mamés, part of the

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. The Nalón River, the longest river in Asturias, crosses the municipality.Concejo de San Martín del Rey Aurelio
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Redes Natural Park The Redes Natural Park ( Spanish: Parque Natural de Redes) is located in the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. Its total area is , split between two municipalities: Caso () and Sobrescobio (). It was declared a natural park in 199 ...

is located nearby. Historically a mining location, nowadays it is in a re-industrial process with the emigration of many young people (about 30% of under 30). New computer based factories are attempting to establish themselves.

Parishes

There are five ''parroquias'': *

* Cocañín *

Linares Linares may refer to: People *Fernando de Alencastre, 1st Duke of Linares (1641–1717), Spanish nobleman and military officer; viceroy of New Spain from 1711 to 1716 *Andreu Linares (born 1975), Spanish futsal player * Art Linares, American polit ...

* Rey Aurelio * Santa Bárbara

Politics

The current mayor is Enrique Fernández Rodríguez ( FSA-PSOE).

Gallery

File:El Entrego (San Martín del Rey Aurelio) - Iglesia de San Andres 00.jpg , Iglesia de San Andrés in El Entrego, Linares

References

External links

Municipalities in Asturias * {{asturias-geo-stub