Allande
Allande
Ayande(Galician-Asturian) | |
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Coordinates:43°16′N6°37′W/ 43.267°N 6.617°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Asturias |
Province | Asturias |
Comarca | Narcea |
Judicial district | Tineo |
Capital | Pola de Allande |
Government | |
•Alcalde | José Antonio Mesa Pieiga (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 342.24 km2(132.14 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,416 m (4,646 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 1,697 |
• Density | 5.0/km2(13/sq mi) |
Demonym | Allandeses |
Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Postal code | 33815, 33885 - 33890 |
Website | Official website |
Allande(AsturianandGalician-Asturian:Ayande) is a municipality in theAutonomous Communityof thePrincipality of Asturias,Spain. Its capital isPola de Allande.
The municipality is bordered on the north byVillayón,on the south byCangas del NarceaandIbias,to the east byTineoand to the west byPesoz,Grandas de SalimeandNegueira de Muñiz(in the province ofLugo,Galicia).
The majority of the territory of the municipality is a National Monument. Among its forest riches are thousand-year-old yews in the parishes of Santa Colma and Lago, and the cork forest of Boxu.
Demography
[edit]Allande is one of the least populated municipalities in Asturias. Like the rest of the Asturian rural areas, the area is losing population. In the 20th century, there were two major periods of population loss. The first was from 1900 to 1930, where a large number of the inhabitants emigrated to theNew World,especiallyCuba,Puerto Rico,Argentina,and theDominican Republic.The second period began in 1960 and is due to thedeindustrializationof the countryside, which caused the municipality to lose nearly two-thirds of its population.
Holidays
[edit]In this municipality a number of local holidays are celebrated. TheNuestra Señora de Avellano(Our Lady of Avellano) inPola de Allandefrom September 7 to 10, andNuestra Señora de Belderaman(Our Lady of Belderaman) on August 15, in the 18th-century sanctuary of the same name in which there is a fountain which, according to legend, curesgoiter.
There is also the holidays of San Jorge de Monon on June 29, San Pedro de Valbona on June 29, Santa Isabel in Berducedo the first Sunday in July, San Cristóbal in Campo el Río the second Sunday of July, and San Roque in Fonteta August 16, 17, and 18.
Politics
[edit]Local election results
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Party/List | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 |
FSA-PSOE | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
CD/AP/PP | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
FAC | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
ALLI | 1 | |||||||||
CITA | 1 | |||||||||
AIDA | 2 | |||||||||
UCD/CDS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
CAI | 7 | |||||||||
Total | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
References
[edit]- ^Municipal Register of Spain 2018.National Statistics Institute.
- PopulationsdataINE
- Postalcodes[1]
- AltitdudeGoogle Earth
External links
[edit]- allande.es(in Spanish)
- Federación Asturiana de Concejos(in Spanish)
- Allande(in Spanish)
- Concejo de Allande(in Spanish)