Colunga

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Colunga
Municipality
Colunga
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°28′N 5°16′W / 43.467°N 5.267°W / 43.467; -5.267
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Oriente
Judicial district Villaviciosa
Capital Colunga
Government
 • Alcalde José Rogelio Pando (PSOE)
Area
 • Total 97.57 km2 (37.67 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1,159 m (3,802 ft)
Population
 • Total 3,930
 • Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonym colungués / colunguesa
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 33320 - 33340
Website Official website

Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.

Politic


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Parishes

Demography

Quelle: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafische Aufarbeitung für Wikipedia

Anchovy beaching incident

On Septembter 29th, 2006, millions of anchovies, constituting a weight of over three tons, had beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."[1]

Gallery

  • Church of Santa María de Sabada

  • Pre-Romanesque Church of Santiago de Gobiendes

  • Palace of Gobiendes

  • Tower of clock in Lastres, Colunga, Asturies

  • Colunga's Town Hall

  • Coast of the dinosaurs

Notes

  1. ↑ Millions of anchovies die on Spain beach AP, Sept. 29th, 2006

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