Avilés (parish)
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Avilés is one of the six parishes (administrative divisions) in Avilés
, a municipality
of the same name, within the autonomous community
and province of Asturias
, in northern Spain
.http://www.sadei.es Nomenclátor de entidades de población de Asturias 2008 With a population density of 8,996 inhabitants per km², it is one of the most densely populated locations in the Principality. The parish comprises 34,244 housing units..
Avilés
Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than...
, a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of the same name, within the autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
and province of Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, in northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.http://www.sadei.es Nomenclátor de entidades de población de Asturias 2008 With a population density of 8,996 inhabitants per km², it is one of the most densely populated locations in the Principality. The parish comprises 34,244 housing units..