Colunga
Encyclopedia
Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain
. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa
, to the south by Parres
and Piloña
, and to the east by Caravia
.
Spain
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. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa
Villaviciosa, Asturias
Villaviciosa is a town and in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It is situated on the central eastern coastline, and borders the Asturian municipalities of Gijón and Siero to the west, Sariego, Nava, Cabranes and Piloña to the south and to Colunga to the east. The total area is 271 km²...
, to the south by Parres
Parres
Parres is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Caravia and Ribadesella, on the east by Cangas de Onís, on the west by Piloña and Colunga, and on the south by Amieva.-Parishes:...
and Piloña
Piloña
Piloña is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. Its capital is the town of Infiesto. Piloña is bounded to the north by Villaviciosa and Colunga, to the east by Parres, to the west by Nava and Cabranes, and to the south by Ponga, Caso and Sobrescobio...
, and to the east by Caravia
Caravia
Caravia is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by the Bay of Biscay , on the south by Parres, on the east by Ribadesella and on the west by Colunga.-Geography:Caravia is the third smallest municipality of Asturias...
.
Politic
| |PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... | |PP People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... | |IU United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... -BA | |Others | |Total | |
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| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
ParishesParish (subnational entity)A parish is an administrative division used by several countries. In the British Isles it is known as a civil parish to distinguish it from the ecclesiastical parish.-External links:* Editorial in The Guardian, 2011-05-16....
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Libardón Libardón is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 232 .-Villages:* Carrandena* Eslabayo* Fano* Libardón* Raicedo... Lue (Colunga) Lue is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 177 .-Villages:* Castiello* Llue... Pernús Pernús is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 97 .-Villages:* Beldréu* El Conyéu* Pernús... Pivierda Pivierda is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 79 .-Villages:* Agüera Riba* Bucial* Corrales* Tizagua... Sales (Colunga) Sales is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 135 .... San Juan de Duz San Juan de Duz is one of 13 parishes in the Colunga municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.The population is 170 .-Villages:* Güerres* San Telmo* San Xuan... |
Demography
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Anchovy beaching incident
On Septembter 29th, 2006, millions of anchoviesAnchovy
Anchovies are a family of small, common salt-water forage fish. There are 144 species in 17 genera, found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Anchovies are usually classified as an oily fish.-Description:...
, constituting a weight of over three tons, had beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."