Morcín
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Morcín | |
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Coordinates: 43°17′N 5°53′W / 43.283°N 5.883°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Asturias |
Province | Asturias |
Comarca | Oviedo |
Judicial district | Mieres |
Capital | Santa Eulalia de Morcín |
Government | |
• Alcalde | Jesús Álvarez Barbao (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 50.05 km2 (19.32 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 1,712 m (5,617 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 2,631 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Demonym | morciniego/a |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 33161 a 33163 |
Official language(s) | Asturian, Spanish |
Website | Official website |
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Morcín is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain.[2] It is bordered on the north by Santo Adriano and Ribera de Arriba, on the east by Ribera and Mieres, on the south by Riosa on the west by Quirós.[3]
Parishes
[edit]Twin towns
[edit]- Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba
- Bir Enzaran, Western Sahara
- Lécousse, France
Gallery
[edit]- Torreón de Peñerudes
- Hermitage of Santiago, in the Monsacro mountain; Morcín, Asturias
- Church of the parish of San Miguel de Argame
- Church of the parish of San Antonio de la Foz; La Foz de Morcín
- Hermitage of Santa Cecilia en el Vallín
- Church of the parish of Santa Eulalia de Morcín
- Embalse de Alfilorios
- Cofradía Amigos de los Nabos
- Medieval chapel in Monsacro mountain
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Arias, Pablo (2009). "Rites in the Dark? An Evaluation of the Current Evidence for Ritual Areas at Magdalenian Cave Sites". World Archaeology. 41 (2): 262–294. ISSN 0043-8243.
- ^ "Bibliografía Hispánica". Revista Hispánica Moderna. 21 (3/4): 379–424. 1955. ISSN 0034-9593.
External links
[edit]- Federación Asturiana de Concejos (in Spanish)