Valdés, Asturias

43°32′38″N 6°32′9″W / 43.54389°N 6.53583°W / 43.54389; -6.53583Country SpainAutonomous community AsturiasProvinceAsturiasComarcaEo-NaviaJudicial districtValdésCapitalLuarcaGovernment • AlcaldeSimón Guardado Pérez (PSOE)Area • Total353.52 km² (136.49 sq mi)Highest elevation1,010 m (3,310 ft)Population • Total11,734 • Density33/km² (86/sq mi)Demonymvaldesano/aTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeWebsiteOfficial 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.

The surname "Valdés", widespread throughout Spain and Hispanic America, is believed to have ultimately originated from the town of Valdés.

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 [es] Castañeo La Montaña Luarca

Muñás Otur Paredes Santiago Trevías

Notable residents

• Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician
• María Esther García López (b. 1948), poet and writer
• Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist and physician, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959.
• Gil Parrondo y Rico (1921-2016), art director, twice Academy Award winner
• Margarita Salas Folgueras (1938-2019), scientist
• Regina García López (1898-1942), famous artist

See also

• Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel (Trevías)

References

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