Vegadeo (Eonavian: A Veiga) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered in the north and east by Castropol, in the south by Villanueva de Oscos, Taramundi, and San Tirso de Abres, and in the west by the Eo River and San Tirso .
Vegadeo
A Veiga (Eonavian) | |
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 Suarón river at Vegadeo | |
 Coat of arms | |
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  Vegadeo Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′N 7°3′W / 43.467°N 7.050°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Asturias |
| Province | Asturias |
| Comarca | Eo-Navia |
| Judicial district | Castropol |
| Capital | Vegadeo |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde | Juan de la Cruz Antolín Rato (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 80.69 km2 (31.15 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,130 m (3,710 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,866 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Demonym | vegadense o veigueño |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 33770 |
| Website | Official website |
It is one of the Eonavian speaking towns of Asturias[2]
Demography edit
Parishes edit
Notable people edit
- Emilio Cotarelo (Emilio Cotarelo y Mori) * 1 May 1857 at Vegadeo † 27 January 1936 at Madrid, Musicologist and Bibliography sciences.
- Eva Moreda, 1981, Galician-language writer and musicologist.
Villages edit
- Abres Pop. 192 (2006)
- Barranca de Paramios Pop. 8 (2006)
- Besedo Pop. 35 (2006)
- Castromourán Pop. 38 (2006)
- Chao de Porzún Pop. 24 (2006)
- Coba Pop. 36 (2006)
- Cobre Pop.19 (2006)
- Espina Pop. 36 (2006)
- Estelo Pop. 16 (2006)
- Folgueiras Pop. 26 (2006)
- Fuente de Louteiro Pop. 65 (2006)
- Graña de Guiar Pop. 27 (2006)
- Guiar Pop. 24 (2006)
- Louteiro Pop. 38 (2006)
- Meredo Pop. 138 (2006)
- Miou Pop. 119 (2006)
- Molejón Pop. 43 (2006)
- Monticelo Pop. 35 (2006)
- Montouto Pop. 36 (2006)
- Nafarea Pop. 23 (2006)
- Paramios Pop.8 (2006)
- Penzol Pop. 38 (2006)
- Piantón Pop. 195 (2006)
- Porzún Pop. 39 (2006)
- Refojos Pop. 56 (2006)
- Restrepo Pop. 31 (2006)
- Seladaloura Pop. 29 (2006)
- Vega de Villar Pop. 44 (2006)
- Vijande Pop. 20 (2006)
- Villameitide Pop. 74 (2006)
- Vinjoy Pop. 43 (2006)
(from: INE)
References edit
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Multilingualism in Spain. Teresa Turell. page 113
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vegadeo.
- Federación Asturiana de Concejos (in Spanish)
- Guía del Occidente. Vegadeo (in Spanish)
- Oscos-Eo (in Spanish)