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Encyclopedia > Grado, Asturias
Grado, Asturias
Grao
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Principality of Asturias
Demonym
 • Spanish

gradense, moscón
Capital Grado
Coordinates
Judicial district Grado
Parishes 28
Population (2005)
 • Total
 • Density
 • % of Asturias
Rank: 19
11,128 inhabitants
50.22 people/km²
1.03 %
Area
 • Total
 • % of Asturias
Rank: 15
221.6 km²
2.09 %
Highest point Picu La Berza, 1,429 m
Postcode 33119, 33820 to 33829, 33909 and 33928
Mayor Jose Sierra (IU)
Town council
Political parties
Website http://www.ayto-grado.es


Grado (Asturian: Grao) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Candamo and Las Regueras, on the east by Proaza, Santo Adriano and Oviedo, on the south by Teverga and Yernes y Tameza, and on the west by Belmonte de Miranda and Salas. Image File history File links Sin_bandera. ... Image File history File links Sin_escudo. ... Capital Oviedo Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 10th  10 604 km²  2,1% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 12th  1 056 789  2,5%  99,65/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  Asturian  asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO 3166-2 O Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... Parish Hall of St. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Categories: | | ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... United Left (Izquierda Unida) is an electoral coalition that was organized in 1986 during the mobilizations in Spain against NATO. It was formed by several groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was always dominated by the Communist Party of Spain (PCE). ... In the United Kingdom, town councils are civil parish councils, where the civil parish is a town. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Asturian, Astur-Leonese or Bable (Asturianu in Asturian) is a Romance language spoken in some parts of the provinces of Asturias and León in Spain, and in the area of Miranda de Douro in Portugal (where it is officially recognized as Mirandese). ... Spains fifty provinces (provincias) are grouped into seventeen autonomous communities (comunidades aut nomas), in addition to two African autonomous cities (ciudades aut nomas) (Ceuta and Melilla). ... Capital Oviedo Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 10th  10 604 km²  2,1% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 12th  1 056 789  2,5%  99,65/km² Demonym  – English  – Spanish  Asturian  asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO 3166-2 O Parliamentary representation  – Congress seats... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital Grullos Coordinates Judicial district Pravia Parishes 11 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 41 2,351 inhabitants 32. ... Oviedo (Asturian, Uviéu; Latin, Ovetus) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish belmontino/a Capital Belmonte Coordinates Judicial district Grado Parishes 15 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 47 2,018 inhabitants 9. ... SALAS, or SAN MARTIN DE SALAS, a town of southern Spain, in the province of Oviedo; on the road from Tineo to Grado, and on a small sub-tributary of the river Narcea. ...


Parishes

  • Ambás
  • Báscones
  • Bayo
  • Berció
  • Cabruñana
  • Castañedo
  • Coalla
  • El Fresno
  • Grado
  • Gurullés
  • La Mata
  • Las Villas
  • Peñaflor
  • Pereda
  • Rañeces
  • Restiello
  • Rodiles
  • Rubiano
  • Sama de Grado
  • Santa María de Grado
  • Santa María de Villandás
  • Santianes
  • Santo Adriano del Monte
  • Sorribas
  • Tolinas
  • Vigaña
  • Villamarín
  • Villapañada

Parish Hall of St. ...

External links


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Image File history File links Flag_of_Asturias. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Allandés, allandesa Capital Pola de Allande Coordinates Judicial district Tineo Parishes 17 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 43 2,228 inhabitants 6. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish allerano, allerana Capital Cabañaquinta Coordinates Judicial district Lena Parishes 18 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 14 13,702 inhabitants 36. ... Capital Sames Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 30th 113. ... Capital Avilés Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 71st 25. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish belmontino/a Capital Belmonte Coordinates Judicial district Grado Parishes 15 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 47 2,018 inhabitants 9. ... Bual (or Boal) is a grape used in the production of medium-rich fortified wines that come from the island of Madeira. ... Cabrales is a municipality (conceyu) in the autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital Santa Eulalia Coordinates Judicial district Piloña Parishes 6 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 61 1,093 inhabitants 28,76 people/km² 0. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital Grullos Coordinates Judicial district Pravia Parishes 11 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 41 2,351 inhabitants 32. ... Cangas de Onís is a town in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. ... Cangas del Narcea is the oldest municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital Candás Coordinates Judicial district Gijón Parishes 12 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 20 10,716 (INE) inhabitants 162. ... 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Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital La Caridad Coordinates Judicial district Castropol Parishes 8 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 35 4,101 inhabitants 57. ... Asturias Capital Gijón Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 22nd 181. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital Luanco Coordinates Judicial district Avilés Parishes 13 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 21 10,674 inhabitants 136. ... Illas coat of arms Illas is an asturian county located in the western central part of Asturias and delimited by the counties of Castrillón, Candamo, Llanera and Corvera de Asturias. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Llanes coast near Cue Llanes (the Concejo de Llanes) is an administrative district of the province of Asturias, in northern Spain. ... Capital Mieres Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 24th 146. ... Muros de Nalón is a small coastal town in the Spanish province of Asturias with an area of 8. ... Oviedo (Asturian, Uviéu; Latin, Ovetus) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. ... Principality of Asturias Demonym  â€¢ Spanish Capital Infiesto Coordinates Judicial district Piloña Parishes 23 Population (2005)  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Density  â€¢ % of Asturias Rank: 24 8,440 inhabitants 35. ... SALAS, or SAN MARTIN DE SALAS, a town of southern Spain, in the province of Oviedo; on the road from Tineo to Grado, and on a small sub-tributary of the river Narcea. ... Capital Sotrondio Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 58th 42 km² 0. ... Capital Pola de Siero Area  - total  - % of Asturias Ranked 17th 211. ... Tineo is a town of northern Spain, in the province of Oviedo, Asturias on a small tributary of the river Narcea. ...



 

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