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Cangas del Narcea is located in Spain
Cangas del Narcea
Cangas del Narcea
Location in Spain
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Narcea
Judicial district Cangas del Narcea
Capital Cangas del Narcea
Area
 • Total 823.57 km2 (317.98 sq mi)
Highest elevation
2,007 m (6,585 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 12,579
 • Density 15.2737/km2 (39.5588/sq mi)
Demonym(s) cangués / canguesa
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33800-33819
Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena de Cangas del Narcea
Church of Santa María Magdalena, Cangas del Narcea.

Cangas del Narcea is the oldest municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is also the largest municipality in Asturias. It is in the southwest of Asturias, on the Asturian border with León. Formerly, Cangas del Narcea was known as Cangas de Tineo (Asturian: Cangas de Tinéu). Cangas del Narcea is also the name of the municipality's capital, and one of the judicial districts in Asturias.

Geography

Parishes

Cangas del Narcea is divided into 54 parishes:

Cangas del narcea ambasaguas arriba
Ambasaguas, Cangas del Narcea
  • Adralés
  • Augüera'l Coutu
  • Ambres
  • Bergame
  • Berguñu
  • Bisuyu
  • Bimeda
  • Cangas del Narcea
  • Carballo
  • Carceda
  • Castañedo
  • Cibea
  • Cibuyo
  • Corias
  • Coto
  • Cueras
  • Entreviñas
  • Fuentes de Corbeiro
  • Gedrez
  • Genestoso
  • Gillón
  • Jarceley
  • Larna
  • Larón
  • Leitariegos
  • Limés
  • Linares del Acebo
  • Maganes
  • Mieldes
  • Monasterio de Hermo
  • Las Montañas
  • Naviego
  • Noceda de Rengos
  • Oubachu
  • Obanca
  • Onón
  • Piñera
  • Porley
  • Posada de Rengos
  • La Regla de Perandones
  • San Julián de Arbás
  • San Martín de Sierra
  • San Pedro de Arbás
  • San Pedro de Coliema
  • Santiago de Sierra
  • Tainás
  • Tebongo
  • Trones
  • Vega de Rengos
  • Vegalagar
  • Villacibrán
  • Villaláez
  • Villarmental
  • Villategil

Protected areas

Muniellos Wood, a nature reserve which lies within Cangas del Narcea and Ibias, is the core area of the Muniellos Biosphere Reserve (designated by UNESCO in 2000 and later extended). In 2002 a new natural park was created, the Natural Park of Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña, and Ibias (Parque Natural de Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias), an area of 550 km2 (212 sq mi). The natural park provides the core area of the biosphere reserve with a buffer zone. The park's formation prompted legal action by landowners, but a management plan for the protected area was approved in 2006.

The Muniellos Visitor Centre is in Cangas del Narcea

Demography

by: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - graphic for Wikipedia

See also

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