Colunga
title: "Colunga" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-asturias", "parishes-in-colunga"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-asturias" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colunga" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Colunga |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| official_name | |
| native_name | |
| image_flag | Flag of Colunga.SVG |
| image_shield | Escudo de Colunga.svg |
| flag_size | 150 |
| shield_size | 75 |
| image_map | Colunga.png |
| pushpin_map | Spain |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Spain |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Spain |
| subdivision_type1 | Autonomous community |
| subdivision_name1 | Asturias |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Asturias |
| subdivision_type3 | Comarca |
| subdivision_name3 | Oriente |
| subdivision_type4 | Judicial district |
| subdivision_name4 | Villaviciosa |
| seat_type | Capital |
| seat | Colunga |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_max_m | 1159 |
| area_total_km2 | 97.57 |
| established_title | |
| population_as_of | |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | |
| population_demonym | colungués / colunguesa |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| blank_name_sec1 | Official language(s) |
| timezone | CET |
| utc_offset | +1 |
| timezone_DST | CEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +2 |
| postal_code_type | Postal code |
| postal_code | 33320 - 33340 |
| area_code_type | Dialing code |
| leader_title | Alcalde |
| leader_name | José Rogelio Pando |
| leader_party | PSOE |
| website | |
| :: |
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Colunga () 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
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Parishes
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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
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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."
Gallery
File:Iglesia de Santa María de Sabada.jpg|Church of Santa María de Sabada File:Iglesia de Santiago (Gobiendes).jpg|Pre-Romanesque Church of Santiago de Gobiendes File:Palacio de Gobiendes - 7.jpg|Palace of Gobiendes File:Torre del Reloj (Lastres).jpg|Clock tower in Lastres, Colunga File:Aytocolunga.jpg|Colunga's Town Hall File:MUJA-Tyrannosaurus.JPG|Jurassic Museum of Asturias File:Costadinosaurios.JPG|The Dinosaur Coast
Notes
References
- Populationsdata INE
- Postalcodes http://codigo-postal.info/asturias?needle=Colunga
- Altitdude Google Earth
References
- [http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/ Dirección General de Política Interior]
- [http://elecciones.mir.es/resultados2011/99MU/DMU0333904599_L1.htm?d=431&e=0 Elecciones Locales 2011]
- (2006-09-29). "Dead anchovies litter Spanish beaches".
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