Cangas de Onís

Cangas de Onís
Cangas de Onís
	Municipality
	The hump-backed "Roman Brig" on the Sella River
	Banner Coat airms
	Cangas de Onís Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 43°18′52″N 5°04′00″W / 43.31444°N 5.06667°WCoordinates: 43°18′52″N 5°04′00″W / 43.31444°N 5.06667°W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Oriente
Judicial district	Cangas de Onís
Caipital	Cangas de Onís
Govrenment
• Alcalde	Jose Manuel González Castro (PP)
Area
• Total	212.75 km2 (82.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2478 m (8,130 ft)
Population
• Total	6,731
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	cangués
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33547 to 33559
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Cangas de Onís (Asturian: Cangues d'Onís) is a municipality in the eastren pairt o the province an autonomous commonty o Asturias in the northwast of Spain. The caipital o the municipality is Cangas de Onís an aw.

Mair nor seiventy square kilometres o the concejo shape pairt o the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa. Athin the pairk is the veelage o Covadonga, whaur the battle o Covadonga (aboot 722), the first major victory bi a Christian militar force in Iberie efter the Islamic conquest, marks the stairtin-point o the Reconquista.

Till 774, Cangas de Onís wis the caipital o the Kinrick o Asturias. It wis the steid o the first kirk constructit in post-conquest Iberie, Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís (737), built on a auncient dolmen.

Vegetation

Gien its variet hicht it haes mony teeps o plants, includin mony muntain shrubs, heather; aik, hae an esh trees, roondit bi gressland an copes.

Economy

The main economical activities o this region are agricultur an nowt rearin, as weel as ferm tourism. Visits tae the Covadonga Sanctuar an its surroondin lochs are ane o the main Asturias destinations, receivin a big portion o the region's total tourists.

Pairishes

Cangas de Onís is dividit in eleiven pairishes:

The caipital o the municipality is the pairish o Cangas de Onís. It is 27.22 km² (10.51 sq mi) in size wi a population o 4,326 (INE 2005). The postal code is 33550 an is dividit in several veelages: