Castañedo del Monte
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Castañedo del Monte 43°17′30"N 5°59′56"W is a parish in Santo Adriano
, a municipality
within the province and autonomous community
of Asturias
, in northern Spain
.
The elevation is 580 m (1,902.9 ft) above sea level
. It is 4.28 km² (1.7 sq mi) in size. The population is 36 (2007). The postal code is 33115.
The Asturian people
of this parish live in several villages:
Fiesta days include:
Santo Adriano
Santo Adriano is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by Oviedo, on the east by Ribera de Arriba and Morcín, on the south by Quirós and Proaza and on the west by Proaza and Grado.-Geography:It is one of the smaller municipalities...
, a municipality
Municipality
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within the province and 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...
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
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.
The elevation is 580 m (1,902.9 ft) above sea level
Above mean sea level
The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...
. It is 4.28 km² (1.7 sq mi) in size. The population is 36 (2007). The postal code is 33115.
The Asturian people
Asturian people
The Asturians are one of the nationalisms of Spain, issuing from the historical country of the Principality of Asturias. They have Celtiberian heritage, related to its historical and cultural links with neighbouring Galicia, as well as Visigothic cultural influences most notably found in the...
of this parish live in several villages:
- Castañedo del Monte ("Castanéu'l Monte")
- El Cabezu
- Los Niseros ("Los Biseros")
Fiesta days include:
- San Romano, 9 August
- Arcángel San Gabriel, 29 September
- San Antonio, 13 June
External links
- Asturian society of economic and industrial studies, English language version of "Sociedad Asturiana de Estudios Económicos e Industriales" (SADEI)