Amieva

Amieva
Municipality
View of Sames, the capital of this municipality.

Flag
Coat of arms
Amieva
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°14′N 5°4′W / 43.233°N 5.067°W / 43.233; -5.067
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Oriente
Capital Sames
Government
 • Alcalde José Félix Fernández Fernández (Asturias Forum)
Area
 • Total 113.90 km2 (43.98 sq mi)
Highest elevation 2,478 m (8,130 ft)
Population
 • Total 837
 • Density 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Demonym(s) amievense
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 33556 a 33558

Amieva is a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of one of the municipality's subdivisions (parroquias, or parish).

Amieva municipality is sparsely inhabited, having a resident population of 868 (2005) and a population density of fewer than 8 people per square kilometre. The total area covers some 114 km².

History

Coat of Arms

Old arms

  • Top: Emblem of Pelayo
  • Bottom: Two emblems of important families of the City

New arms

Since 30 August 2001.

  • Top left > Represents agriculture
  • Top right > Represents the Forest economy
  • Bottom > Represents the Rio Sella and the Picos de Europa, the most important natural features.

Politics

Local elections
Party 1979 1983 1987[1] 1991[1] 1995[1] 1999[1] 2003[1] 2007[1] 2011[2] 2015
FAC 3 4
PSOE 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 2
CD / AP / PP 2 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 1 1
PCE / IU-BA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAS-UNA 0 2 2 1 0
UCD / CDS 5 2 1 0
URAS 1
Total 11 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7

Parishes

Amieva is divided into 5 parishes:

Demography

Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafics for Wikipedia
Rebeco in the Picos de Europa.

References

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