Colombres (Ribadedeva)

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Colombres is one of three parishes (administrative divisions) in Ribadedeva, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

In 2011 the population was 1,385. [1] In 2015 it won Premio Princesa de Asturias for "Pueblo ejemplar". [2]

One of the most famous people in Colombres was Iñigo Noriega, who was born on 21 May 1853, he emigrated to Mexico with his uncle and he built a palace in his village named La Quinta de Guadalupe, [3] which is the setting for Fundación de Archivos de Indianos, a place for documents about people who emigrated to South and North America since the 19th century. [4]

Villages

Colombres is in Asturias (Ribadedeva). Bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea; west of Cantabria, and the Deva River; on the south by the parish of San Juan and west by the parish of Noriega.

References

  1. ↑ "List of place name: Population of the Continuous Municipal Register by Population Unit". INE . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Colombres, Ribadedeva (2015)". Fundación Princesa de Asturias (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Casa natal de Íñigo Noriega Laso". Vivir Asturias (in Spanish). EuroWeb Media S.L. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Archivo de Indianos y museo de la emigración". Ayuntamiento de Ribadedeva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

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