Piedras Blancas is the capital town of the municipality of Castrillon

Castrillón

Castrillón is a concejo in Asturias, located on the central coast. It has an area of 56.70 km² and a population of 22,361 inhabitants . The most important population centres are the capital Piedras Blancas, Salinas, and Raíces....

, in the province of Asturias, Spain. It is 3 miles west of Aviles, 20 miles west of Gijon, 25 miles northwest of Oviedo and 4 miles east of Asturias Airport

Asturias Airport

Asturias Airport, is the main airport of Asturias, Spain, in Castrillón.Asturias airport is located in Santiago del Monte, municipality of Castrillon, 15 km from Avilés, 40 km from Gijón and 47 km from Oviedo....

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Geography

Piedras Blancas is within easy access by motorway to the main urban areas of Asturias (i.e. Oviedo

Oviedo

Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....

, Gijon

Gijón

Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...

, Aviles

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...

), and many of its residents commute daily to those areas.

Although not properly in the coastline, it is within walking distance from the beaches of Salinas, Arnao and Santa maria del Mar. The climate is oceanic

Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also called marine west coast climate, maritime climate, Cascadian climate and British climate for Köppen climate classification Cfb and subtropical highland for Köppen Cfb or Cwb, is a type of climate typically found along the west coasts at the middle latitudes of some of the...

, characterized by mild winters and summers, with temperatures seldom exceeding 25 °C (77 °F) or going below 0 °C (32 °F). Rain is frequent and may fall in any season, snow is rare.