Cangas del Narcea

Cangas del Narcea is the oldest^{[citation needed]} municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. It is also the largest municipality in Asturias.^[2]

Cangas del Narcea
Municipality
View of Cangas del Narcea
Coat of arms
Cangas del Narcea Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°10′17″N 6°32′20″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Narcea
Judicial district	Cangas del Narcea
Capital	Cangas del Narcea
Government
• Alcalde	José Luis Fontaniella (PP)
Area
• Total	823.57 km2 (317.98 sq mi)
Highest elevation	2,007 m (6,585 ft)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Total	11,421
• Density	14/km2 (36/sq mi)
Demonym	cangués / canguesa
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33800-33819
Website	Official website

Church of Santa María Magdalena, Cangas del Narcea.

It is in the southwest of Asturias, on the Asturian border with León. Until 1927, Cangas del Narcea was known as Cangas de Tineo (Asturian: Cangas de Tinéu).^[3]

Cangas del Narcea is also the name of the municipality's capital, and one of the judicial districts in Asturias.^[4]

Geography

Parishes

Cangas del Narcea is divided into 54 parishes:^[5]

Ambasaguas, Cangas del Narcea

Adralés Augüera'l Coutu Ambres Bergame Berguñu Bisuyu Bimeda Cangas del Narcea Carballo Carceda Castañedo Cibea Cibuyo Corias Coto (in Asturian, Abanceña) Cueras Entreviñas Fuentes de Corbeiro

Gedrez Genestoso Gillón Jarceley Larna Larón Leitariegos Limés Linares del Acebo Maganes Mieldes Monasterio de Hermo Las Montañas Naviego Noceda de Rengos Oubachu Obanca Onón

Piñera Porley Posada de Rengos La Regla de Perandones San Julián de Arbás San Martín de Sierra San Pedro de Arbás San Pedro de Coliema Santiago de Sierra Tainás Tebongo Trones Vega de Rengos Vegalagar Villacibrán Villaláez Villarmental Villategil

Protected areas

Muniellos Wood, a nature reserve which lies within Cangas del Narcea and Ibias, is the core area of the Muniellos Biosphere Reserve (designated by UNESCO in 2000 and later extended). In 2002 a new natural park was created, the Natural Park of Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña, and Ibias (Parque Natural de Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias), an area of 550 km² (212 sq mi). The natural park provides the core area of the biosphere reserve with a buffer zone.^[6] The park's formation prompted legal action by landowners, but a management plan for the protected area was approved in 2006.

The Muniellos Visitor Centre is in Cangas del Narcea.^[7]

Politics

	PSOE	PP	PCE/IU-BA	UCD/CDS	URAS	UCA	Others	Total
1979	1	3	2	9	-	5	1	21
1983	7	5	6	-	-	-	3	21
1987	10	3	3	5	-	-	0	21
1991	11	6	3	0	-	-	1	21
1995	8	6	2	0	-	-	1	17
1999	9	5	1	-	1	-	1	17
2003	7	7	2	-	1	-	0	17
2007	8	6	3	-	0	-	0	17
2011	4	5	6	-	0	-	1	17

by: Ministerio del Interior y Federación Asturiana de Concejos

Demography

by: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - graphic for Wikipedia

See also

• List of municipalities in Asturias