Salas, Asturias

For the municipality in the province of Burgos, see Salas de los Infantes. For the Chilean football player, see Marcelo Salas.

Salas
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Oviedo
Capital	Salas
Government
• Alcalde	Sergio Hidalgo Alfonso (FAC)
Area
• Total	227.11 km2 (87.69 sq mi)
Highest elevation	923 m (3,028 ft)
Population
• Total	6,195
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Demonym	salense
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33860
Website	Official website

Municipal Hall of Salas.

Salas (also known as San Martin de Salas) is a town and concejo (municipality) in the Principality of Asturias. It lies on the road from San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela, and on a small subtributary of the river Narcea. It is bordered on the north by Valdés, Cudillero and Pravia, to south by Belmonte de Miranda, to the east by Pravia, Candamo and Grado, and to the west by Tineo and Valdés.

Salas is a mountainous region in which coal-mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The products of this region are sent for export to Cudillero, a small harbour on the Bay of Biscay.

There are several buildings of importance in Salas, the Palacio de Valdés and Castillo de Salas, among others.

Parroquías (parishes)

Alava Ardesaldo Bodenaya Camuño Cermoño Cornellana Godán Idarga La Espina Laneo Lavio Linares Mallecina Malleza

Millara Priero Salas San Antolín de la Dóriga San Esteban de la Dóriga San Justo de la Dóriga San Vicente Santa Eulalia de la Dóriga Santiago de la Barca Santullano Soto de los Infantes Viescas Villamar Villazón

Politics

Elecciones municipales
Partido	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011
PSOE	0	6	6	9	8	10	8	7	6
FAC									5
PP	4	7	5	4	5	2	5	5	2
IU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
UCA	5
UCD/CDS	4	-	2	0
CIS						1
Total	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)