Colunga

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Colunga
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Colunga
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Colunga is located in Spain
Colunga
Colunga
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°29′10″N 5°16′13″W / 43.48611°N 5.27028°W / 43.48611; -5.27028
Country Spain
Autonomous community Asturias
ProvinceAsturias
ComarcaOriente
Judicial districtVillaviciosa
CapitalColunga
Government
 • AlcaldeJosé Rogelio Pando (PSOE)
Area
 • Total
97.57 km2 (37.67 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,159 m (3,802 ft)
Population
 (2025-01-01)[1]
 • Total
3,143
 • Density32.21/km2 (83.43/sq mi)
Demonymcolungués / colunguesa
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33320 - 33340
WebsiteOfficial website

Colunga (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈluŋɡa]) is a municipality in the Autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.

Politics

Elecciones municipales
Partido 1979 1983 1987[2] 1991[2] 1995[2] 1999[2] 2003[2] 2007[2] 2011[3] 2015[2]
PSOE 4 4 3 5 3 4 6 6 6
CD / AP / PP 4 4 5 7 6 6 4 5 3 4
FAC 2 1
PCE / IU-BA / IU-The Greens 2 1 1 1 0 0 0
UCD / CDS 6 5 2 0 2
Agrupación Independiente por Colunga 2
Electores por Colunga 2
URAS / URAS-PAS 1 0 0
Independents 3
Total 13 13 13 13 13 11 11 11 11 11

Parishes

Parish of Colunga

The capital of the municipality is the parish with the same name. Its population is 1,132 (INE 2007) and it is divided in five villages: Cimavilla, El Ferreru, Friera, Loreto and El Sorriberu.

Demography

Quelle: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafische Aufarbeitung für Wikipedia

Anchovy beaching incident

On September 29, 2006, millions of anchovies, constituting a weight of over three tons, beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Dirección General de Política Interior
  3. ^ Elecciones Locales 2011
  4. ^ "Dead anchovies litter Spanish beaches". NBC News. Associated Press. 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2025-11-25.

References

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