Valdés, Asturias

Valdés
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Valdés Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°32′38″N 6°32′9″W / 43.54389°N 6.53583°WCoordinates: 43°32′38″N 6°32′9″W / 43.54389°N 6.53583°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Eo-Navia
Judicial district	Valdés
Capital	Luarca
Government
• Alcalde	Simón Guardado Pérez (PSOE)
Area
• Total	353.52 km^2 (136.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,010 m (3,310 ft)
Population
• Total	14,038
• Density	40/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	valdesano/a
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33700
Website	Official website

Valdés is a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Salas on the southeast, and Cudillero on the east. The rivers Esva, Negro and Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1991	16,969	—
1996	16,073	−5.3%
2001	14,789	−8.0%
2004	14,395	−2.7%
2007	13,838	−3.9%

Politics

	PSOE	PP	CDS	URAS	Others	Total
1979	2	1	11	-	7	21
1983	9	12	-	-	0	21
1987	9	6	1	-	1	17
1991	10	7	0	-	0	17
1995	9	8	-	-	0	17
1999	8	8	-	1	0	17
2003	7	5	-	5	0	17
2007	11	6	-	0	0	17

Parishes

Alienes Arcallana Ayones Barcia Cadavedo

Canero Carcedo Castañeo La Montaña Luarca

Muñás Otur Paredes Santiago Trevías

Notable residents

• Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician
• Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959.
• Gil Parrondo y Rico (b. 1921), set decorator
• Margarita Salas Folgueras (b. 1938), scientist

External links

Vaqueira wedding in Aristébano.

• Townhall website (Spanish)
• Federación Asturiana de Concejos (Asturian Federation of Municipalities) (Spanish)
• Vivasturias (tourism page) (Spanish)
• Images of Valdés