Carreño

**Carreño**
	Carreño
Flag	Coat of Arms
Location
	; Location of Carreño
	Coordinates : 43°32′55″N 5°47′23″W / 43.548548°N 5.789795°WCoordinates: 43°32′55″N 5°47′23″W / 43.548548°N 5.789795°W
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Mayor	Manuel Ángel Riego (PSOE)
Geography
Land Area	66,70 km2
Altitude	0 m AMSL
Population
Population	10.842 (2007)
Density	162,54 hab./km2 (2007)
General information
Native name	Carreño (Asturian)
Spanish name	Carreño
Postal code	33438
Website	http://www.ayto-carreno.es/

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For other uses, see Carreno (disambiguation).

Carreño is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its capital is Candás.

[edit] History

Almost everywhere in Asturias, of course also in Carreño, artifacts from Neolithicum were found. Also the Tumulus, Dolmen and Hill forts in the region shows the 100.000 year old avaluation.

[edit] Culture

church La iglesia de San Félix built under Fruela II in the 9th Century
church La iglesia de Santa María de Logrezana finished in the 19th Century.
church La iglesia de Santa María de Piedeloro built in 13th Century
Parish church La iglesia parroquial de Ambás from 18th Century
Hermitage La ermita de San Antonio from 16th Century
Palace El palacio de Estrada Mora from 16th Century

[edit] Politics

	PSOE	PP	UICA	IU-BA	URAS	Andere	Total
1999	7	4	_	3	3	0	17
2003	5	3	4	3	1	1	17
2007	6	4	3	2	1	1	17

ref: El País

[edit] Notable people

Antón de Marirreguera, 17th-century writer, and one of the first to write in Asturian.
Juan Carreño de Miranda (March, 1614-September, 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.