Candamo
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Candamo
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Postal code 33828 and 33829 | ||
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Candamo (
Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the east by Las Regueras, on the south by Grado, on the north by Illas, Castrillón and Soto del Barco, and on the west by Pravia and Salas
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History
Around Candamo and specially on the shores of the
Rio Nalon many paleolithic artifacts
have been found.
The first documentations about Candamo are from the 11th century and was found in an Monasterys Archive.
Coat of arms
- Left: the coat of arms from Grado.
- Right: a symbol for the boards, Don Pelayo used, to build a bridge over the river, to cross with his soldiers.
Parishes
Politics
| PSOE | PP | BA |
CDS | Andere | Total | |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 1983 | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | 0 | 11 |
| 1987 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1995 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 11 |
| 1999 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 11 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 11 |
Demography
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by: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafic for Wikipedia
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Points of interest
- El palacio de Valdés Bazán, from 17th century
- La casa de la Torre,
- El palacio de Cañedo
- El palacio de los Casares in San Tirso
See also
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- Postal codes [1]
- Federación Asturiana de Concejos (in Spanish)
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