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Carreño
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Flag of Carreño
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Coat of arms of Carreño
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Location of Carreño
Location of Carreño
Carreño is located in Spain
Carreño
Carreño
Location in Spain
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Gijón
Capital Candás
Area
 • Total 66.70 km2 (25.75 sq mi)
Elevation
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Population
 (2018)
 • Total 10,444
 • Density 156.582/km2 (405.54/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33430
Official language(s) Asturian

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.

History

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1842 4,982 —    
1860 6,052 +1.09%
1877 6,271 +0.21%
1887 7,091 +1.24%
1900 7,533 +0.47%
1910 8,962 +1.75%
1920 8,876 −0.10%
1930 10,256 +1.46%
1940 10,009 −0.24%
1950 9,931 −0.08%
1960 11,128 +1.14%
1970 11,529 +0.35%
1980 11,470 −0.05%
1990 11,009 −0.41%
2000 10,557 −0.42%
2001 10,567 +0.09%
2002 10,527 −0.38%
2003 10,431 −0.91%
2004 10,435 +0.04%
2005 10,716 +2.69%
2006 10,842 +1.18%
2007 10,826 −0.15%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España

As characteristic of other sites in Asturias, artifacts from the Neolithic era were also found in Carreño. Tumuli, dolmens and hill forts in the region provide evidence for the 100,000-year-old history of the area.

Parishes

ParroquiasCarreno
Parroquias Map

(The number preceding the parish name refers to its location on the parroquias map)

  1. Candás (capital)
  2. Perlora
  3. Albandi
  4. Carrió
  5. Prevera
  6. Priendes
  7. El Pieloro
  8. Llorgozana
  9. Quimarán
  10. El Valle
  11. Ambás
  12. Tamón

Culture

Faro de Candás
Faro de Candás
  • La iglesia de San Félix church built under Fruela II in the 9th century
  • La iglesia de Santa María de Logrezana church finished in the 19th century.
  • La iglesia de Santa María de Piedeloro church built in the 13th century
  • La iglesia parroquial de Ambás parish church from the 18th century
  • La ermita de San Antonio hermitage from the 16th century
  • El palacio de Estrada Mora palace from the 16th century

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.

See also

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