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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Villaviciosa (parish)

Villaviciosa (Asturian pronunciation: [biʎaβiˈθjosa], Spanish pronunciation: [biʝaβiˈθjosa]) is a town and municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain.

Geography

Rodiles beach
El Gaitero, champagne-cider factory
Carlos I square

Villaviciosa is situated on the central eastern coastline, and borders the Asturian municipalities of Gijón and Siero to the west, Sariego, Nava, Cabranes and Piloña to the south and Colunga to the east. The total area is 276.23 square kilometres (106.65 sq mi)

Demographics

It had a population of 14,962 in 2011.

Parroquias

The capital is the town of the same name. It is 2 km (0.77 sq mi) in size.

Villaviciosa includes 41 parroquias (parishes):

Notable people

Notable buildings

Church of San Salvador de Valdediós
pre-romanesque style

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Portada - Ayuntamiento de Villaviciosa". www.villaviciosa.es. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Hevia - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 16 January 2019.