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Encyclopedia > Grandas de Salime
Grandas de Salime
Flag of Grandas de Salime Coat of arms of Grandas de Salime
(In detail) (In detail)

Principality of Asturias
Demonym
 • Spanish


Capital Grandas
Coordinates
Judicial district Castropol
Parishes 7
Population (2005)
 • Total
 • Density
 • % of Asturias
Rank: 60
1,186 inhabitants
6.55 people/km²
0.11 %
Area
 • Total
 • % of Asturias
Rank: 23
181 km²
1.71 %
Highest point Pedras Apañadas, 1,204 m
Postcode 33730 to 33739
Mayor José Cachafeiro Valladares (PP)
Town council
Political parties
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. 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. ... Small and charming town in the North of Spain (Asturias) http://www. ... 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. ... The Peoples Party (Spanish: Partido Popular) is the largest liberal conservative political party in Spain. ... 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. ... 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... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... External links Official city site Live Cam of Obradoiro Fa ade Confraternity of St. ...


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. Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Galicia (Spain) | Provinces of Spain ... 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. ... Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ... Quartzite Quartzite is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. ...


The hydroelectric dam turned 50 in 2004. Its inside is adorned with a huge mural.


Parishes

  • Grandas de Salime
  • La Mesa
  • Negueira
  • Peñafuente
  • Trabada
  • Villarpedre
  • Vitos

Parish Hall of St. ...

Famous people

  • Manuel Abad Queipo, religious figure and minister of the 18th century

External links


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