Allande

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Allande
Flag of Allande Coat of arms of Allande
(In detail) (In detail)

Principality of Asturias
Demonym
 • Spanish

Allandés, allandesa
Capital Pola de Allande
Coordinates 43°16′N, 6°37′W
Judicial district Tineo
Parishes 17
Population (2007)
 • Total
 • Density
 • % of Asturias
Rank: 43
2,169 inhabitants
5.94 people/km²
0.20 %
Area
 • Total
 • % of Asturias
Rank: 4
365 km²
3.44 %
Highest point Picu Panchón 1,416 m
Postcode 33815, 33885 - 33890
Mayor Luis Miguel Álvarez (PP)
Town council
Political parties
Website http://www.allande.org

Allande is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Its capital is Pola de Allande (Asturian: La Puela).

The municipality is bordered on the north by Villayón, on the south by Cangas del Narcea and Ibias, to the east by Tineo and to the west by Pesoz, Grandas de Salime and Negueira de Muñiz (in the province of Lugo, Galicia).

The majority of the territory of the municipality is a National Monument. Among its forest riches are thousand-year-old yews in the parishes of Santa Colma and Lago, and the cork forest of Boxu.

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[edit] History

[edit] Coat of Arms


The Victorycross, borderd with 8 fallen Halfmoons.

The Victorycross is the asturian Emblem. The Halfmoons are the Emblem of the Islam, and those remember on the Victory in the Battle of Salado (30. Oktober 1340)


[edit] Politic


PSOE PP UCD/CDS Others Total
1979 0 0 6 7 13
1983 5 6 - 0 11
1987 5 6 - 0 11
1991 6 5 - 0 11
1995 6 5 - 0 11
1999 6 5 - 0 11
2003 4 5 - 2 11
2007 8 2 - 1 11


[edit] Demography

Allande is one of the least populated municipalities in Asturias. Like the rest of the Asturian rural areas, the area is losing population. In the 20th century, there were two major periods of population loss. The first was from 1900 to 1930, where a large number of the inhabitants emigrated to the New World, especially Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic. The second period began in 1960 and is due to the deindustrialization of the countryside, which caused the municipality to lose nearly two-thirds of its population.

By: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafic for Wikipedia

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[edit] Holidays

In this municipality a number of local holidays are celebrated. The Nuestra Señora de Avellano (Our Lady of Avellano) in Pola de Allande from September 7 to 10, and Nuestra Señora de Belderaman (Our Lady of Belderaman) on August 15, in the 18th-century sanctuary of the same name in which there is a fountain which, according to legend, cures goiter.

There is also the holidays of San Jorge de Monon on June 29, San Pedro de Valbona on June 29, Santa Isabel in Berducedo the first Sunday in July, San Cristóbal in Campo el Río the second Sunday of July, and San Roque in Fonteta August 16, 17, and 18.

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