Candamo

Candamo
Municipality
Banner Coat airms
Candamo Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°26′48″N 6°3′29″W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Avilés
Judicial district	Pravia
Capital	Grullos
Govrenment
• Alcalde	José Antonio García Vega (PSOE)
Area
• Total	71.97 km2 (27.79 sq mi)
Highest elevation	613 m (2,011 ft)
Population
• Total	2,218
• Density	31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	candamín / candamina
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33828 and 33829
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Candamo (Asturian: Candamu) is a municipality in the Autonomous commonty o the Principality o Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the east bi Las Regueras, on the sooth bi Grado, on the north bi Illas, Castrillón an Soto del Barco, an on the wast bi Pravia an Salas.

History

Aroond Candamo an specially on the shores o the Rio Nalon mony paleolithic artifacts hae been foond. The first documentations aboot Candamo are frae the 11t century an wis foond in an Monasterys Archive.

Coat o airms

• Left: the coat o airms frae Grado.
• Richt: a seembol for the buirds, Don Pelayo uised, tae big a brig ower the river, tae cross wi his sodgers.

Pairishes

Aces Cuero (Asturian: Cueiru) Fenolleda (Fenoyeda) Grullos Llamero (Llameiru)

Murias Prahúa (Praúa) San Román San Tirso (San Tisu) El Valle Ventosa

Politics

	PSOE	PP	IU-BA	CDS	Andere	Tot
1979	1	0	6	0	4	11
1983	1	2	8	-	0	11
1987	-	-	3	2	6	11
1991	9	0	2	0	0	11
1995	7	3	1	-	0	11
1999	9	1	1	-	0	11
2003	8	2	1	-	0	11
2007	8	2	1	-	0	11

Demografie

bi: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafic for Wikipedia

Points o interest

• El palacio de Valdés Bazán, frae 17t hunderyear
• La casa de la Torre,
• El palacio de Cañedo
• El palacio de los Casares in San Tirso

See an aw

• Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)

Freemit airtins

• Postal codes Archived 2011-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Federación Asturiana de Concejos Archived 2005-11-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Spaingie)