Allande

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Allande
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°16′N6°37′W / 43.267°N 6.617°W / 43.267; -6.617
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Autonomous community Flag of Asturias.svg  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Narcea
Judicial district Tineo
Capital Pola de Allande
Government
   Alcalde José Antonio Mesa Pieiga (PSOE)
Area
  Total342.24 km2 (132.14 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,416 m (4,646 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total1,697
  Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Demonym Allandeses
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
33815, 33885 - 33890
Website Official website

Allande (Asturian and Galician-Asturian: Ayande) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Its capital is Pola de Allande.

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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.

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.

Parishes

Palace of Cienfuegos de Penalba Palacio de Cienfuegos Allande.jpg
Palace of Cienfuegos de Peñalba

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.

Politics

Local election results
Party/List1979198319871991199519992003200720112015
FSA-PSOE 0556664876
CD / AP / PP 0665555211
FAC 31
ALLI1
CITA1
AIDA2
UCD/CDS 6000
CAI7
Total1311111111111111119

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References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.