Mieres
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Mieres | ||
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 Mieres del Camín, seat of the municipality. | ||
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Mieres is a municipality of
History
Mieres is the heart of the coal mining industry in Spain.
The municipality of Mieres is served by bus routes and the regional rail lines Renfe Feve and Renfe Cercanias, connected with Oviedo, Gijón, León and Langreo.
Festivals
Mieres’ most popular and important festival St. John's Bonfire (La Foguera de San Juan)
Politics
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| Party/List | 1979 | 1983 | 1987[8] | 1991[8] | 1995[8] | 1999[8] | 2003[8] | 2007[8] | 2011[9] | 2015 | 2019 | |
BA
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9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 15 | |
FSA-PSOE
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10 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| CD / AP / PP | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Somos | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| FAC | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| MCA | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
UCD / CDS
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4 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| DD | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | |
Parishes
There are fifteen parishes:
- Baíña
- Figaredo
- Gallegos
- Loredo
- Mieres del Camino
- La Peña
- La Rebollada
- Santa Cruz
- Santa Rosa
- Santullano
- Turón
- Urbiés
- Ujo
- Seana
- Valdecuna
Notable residents
- Roma Gallardo, YouTuber
- Juan Carlos Ablanedo, footballer
- José Andrés, chef
- Vital Aza, author and playwright
- María Luisa García, chef, author of the bestselling cookbook of Asturian cuisine in history[10][11]
- Innocencio of Mary Immaculate, saint
- Jenny, singer and representative of Andorra in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
- Víctor Manuel, singer and songwriter
- Nacho Martínez, actor
- Federico Montoro, poet
- Xaviel Vilareyo, author
Twin towns
Karviná, Czech Republic
San Miguel del Padrón, Cuba
Amgala, Western Sahara
See also
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". Ine.es. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Minería en Asturias". Html.rincondelvago.com. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ [2] Archived February 20, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3] Archived September 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [4] Archived May 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e f Dirección General de Política Interior
- ^ Elecciones Locales 2011
- ^ "Muere María Luisa García, autora del mítico libro de recetas 'El arte de cocinar'". El Mundo (Spain). 2019-10-15. Archived from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ Montañés, David (2019-10-13). "Fallece María Luisa García, la centenaria maestra de la cocina casera asturiana". La Nueva España. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
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