Nava is a municipality in central Asturias, capital of the Mancomunidad Comarca de la Sidra (Cider Comarca) and known as the Asturian cider capital. Its capital is Nava. With 5,244 inhabitants and 95.81 km², it is a municipality of meadows and forests where the cider culture pervades everything: museum, festival, cider presses and espichas. Things…
Muros de Nalón is a coastal municipality in central Asturias, at the mouth of the river Nalón. With 1,955 inhabitants and 8.09 km², it is the second smallest municipality in Asturias. Its capital is Muros de Nalón. Until 1916 it was simply called Muros; until 1847 it belonged to the municipality of Pravia. Things to…
Morcín is a mountain municipality in central Asturias, between the Monsacro and the Sierra del Aramo. Its capital is Santa Eulalia de Morcín —Santolaya in Asturian. With 2,460 inhabitants and 50.05 km², it is a municipality of small villages, medieval hermitages high on the mountain and the most artisan gastronomy of the Montaña Central. Things…
Mieres is the most populous municipality in central Asturias after Oviedo and Gijón: 36,373 inhabitants on 146.03 km². Its capital is Mieres del Camino, known in Asturian as Mieres del Camín. Just 20 kilometres from Oviedo, it is the historic heart of coal mining in the Caudal valley and today a municipality that combines its…
Llanes is a municipality in eastern Asturias, between the Sierra del Cuera, the Picos de Europa and the Cantabrian Sea. Its capital is Llanes. With 13,486 inhabitants and 263.59 km², it is one of the most tourist-oriented fishing towns in northern Spain, famous for its beaches, its medieval old town and the Northern Way. Things…
Llanera is a municipality in central Asturias, on the plain that stretches north of Oviedo. Its capital is Posada de Llanera. With 14,020 inhabitants and 106.69 km², it is a municipality of strong residential and industrial growth, home to the Silvota and Asipo industrial estates and the Asturias Technology Park. Things to see in Llanera…
Lena is a municipality in central Asturias, on the road to the plateau: the Puerto de Pajares (1,378 m) is its natural pass into León. Its capital is Pola de Lena. With 10,382 inhabitants and 315.51 km², it combines UNESCO-listed pre-Romanesque art, high mountains and a historic pilgrimage route. What to see in Lena The…
Laviana is a municipality in central Asturias, in the heart of the Nalón comarca. Its capital is Pola de Laviana. With 12,352 inhabitants and 130.99 km², it combines the mining past of the Nalón valley with the nature of the protected landscape of the Cuencas Mineras and the gates of the Redes Natural Park. Things…
Las Regueras is a municipality in central Asturias, whose name refers to the abundance of streams, brooks and small water channels that water its entire territory. Its capital is Santullano. With 1,892 inhabitants and 65.85 km², it is a rural municipality where dairy cattle farming remains the main economic activity. Things to see in Las…
Langreo (Llangréu in Asturian) is a municipality in the central area of Asturias, in the Nalón district, right in the heart of the Mining Basins. It borders Siero, Noreña, Oviedo, Mieres and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. Its capital is the city of Langreo, made up of the districts of Riaño, Barros, Lada, La Felguera,…