Grandas de Salime
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 Principality of Asturias |
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| Demonym • Spanish |
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| Capital | Grandas | ||||
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| Judicial district | Castropol | ||||
| Parishes | 7 | ||||
| Population (2005) • Total • Density • % of Asturias |
Rank: 60 1,186 inhabitants 6.55 people/km² 0.11 % |
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| Area • Total • % of Asturias |
Rank: 23 181 km² 1.71 % |
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| Highest point | Pedras Apañadas, 1,204 m | ||||
| Postcode | 33730 to 33739 | ||||
| Mayor | José Cachafeiro Valladares (PP) | ||||
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| Website | http://www.grandasdesalime.net/ | ||||
Grandas de Salime is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is famous for its hydroelectric dam, which is across the Navia River. It is also famous for being a stop along the Camino de Santiago, where it is the last stretch of Asturian land before the entrance into Galicia through the Acebo Pass.
The municipality is situated in the interior of the eastern region of Asturias, bordered on the south by the Galician province of Lugo, on the north by the Asturian municipalities of Santa Eulalia de Oscos, San Martín de Oscos, Pesoz and Allande. The village has an ethnographic museum which occupies the former governing house of Grandas. Geologically, the region is dominated by deposits of shale and quartzite.
The hydroelectric dam turned 50 in 2004. Its inside is adorned with a huge mural.
[edit] Parishes
- Grandas de Salime
- La Mesa
- Negueira
- Peñafuente
- Trabada
- Villarpedre
- Vitos
[edit] Famous people
- Manuel Abad Queipo, religious figure and minister of the 18th century
[edit] External links
- Etapa del Camino de Santiago (Spanish)
- Federación Asturiana de Concejos (Spanish)
- Guia del Occidente. Grandas de Salime (Spanish)
- Estado del Embalse de Salime (Spanish)
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