Valdés, Asturias

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Valdés, Asturias

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Principality of Asturias
Demonym  • Spanish	valdesano/-a
Capital	Luarca
Coordinates	43°32′38, N°6′32
Judicial district	Valdés
Parishes	15
Population (2007)  • Total  • Density  • % of Asturias	Rank: 13 13,838 inhabitants 39,14 people/km² 1,29 %
Area  • Total  • % of Asturias	Rank: 5 351 km² 3.31 %
Highest point	Peña Cezures, 1,010 m
Postcode	33700
Mayor	Juan José Adolfo Fernández Pereiro (PSOE)
Town council	16 seats + the mayor
Political parties (elections of 2007)	11 seats PSOE 6 seats PP
Website	http://www.ayto-valdes.es

Valdés is a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Salas on the southeast, and Cudillero on the east. The rivers Esva, Negro and Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality.

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[edit] Famous people

• Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician
• Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959.
• Gil Parrondo y Rico (b. 1921), set decorator
• Margarita Salas Folgueras (b. 1938), scientist

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Valdés

Vaqueira wedding in Aristébano.

• Townhall website (Spanish)
• Federación Asturiana de Concejos (Asturian Federation of Municipalities) (Spanish)
• Vivasturias (tourism page) (Spanish)
• Images of Valdés

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