Candamo

Candamo
Candamu
Municipality

Flag
Coat of arms
Candamo
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°26′48″N 6°3′29″W / 43.44667°N 6.05806°W / 43.44667; -6.05806Coordinates: 43°26′48″N 6°3′29″W / 43.44667°N 6.05806°W / 43.44667; -6.05806
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Avilés
Judicial district Pravia
Capital Grullos
Government
 • Alcalde José Antonio García Vega (PSOE)
Area
 • Total 71.97 km2 (27.79 sq mi)
Highest elevation 613 m (2,011 ft)
Population
 • Total 2,218
 • Density 31/km2 (80/sq mi)
Demonym(s) candamín / candamina
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 33828 and 33829
Website Official website

Candamo (Asturian: Candamu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the east by Las Regueras, on the south by Grado, on the north by Illas, Castrillón and Soto del Barco, and on the west by Pravia and Salas.

History

Around Candamo and specially on the shores of the Rio Nalon many paleolithic artifacts have been found. The first documentations about Candamo are from the 11th century and was found in an Monasterys Archive.

Coat of arms

  • Left: the coat of arms from Grado.
  • Right: a symbol for the boards, Don Pelayo used, to build a bridge over the river, to cross with his soldiers.

Parishes

Politics


PSOEPPIU-BACDSAndereTotal
19791060411
1983128-011
1987--32611
19919020011
1995731-011
1999911-011
2003821-011
2007821-011

Demography

by: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafic for Wikipedia

Points of interest

  • El palacio de Valdés Bazán, from 17th century
  • La casa de la Torre,
  • El palacio de Cañedo
  • El palacio de los Casares in San Tirso

See also


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