Puerto de Vega

Puerto de Vega
Parish
The port of Puerto de Vega
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Coordinates: 43°34′00″N6°38′00″W / 43.566667°N 6.633333°W / 43.566667; -6.633333
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Municipality	Navia

Streets in Puerto de Vega

Puerto de Vega is one of eight parishes (administrative divisions) in Navia, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

In 1995, Puerto de Vega won the Prince of Asturias Award to the Exemplary Town of Asturias.

Villages

• Puerto de Vega
• Santa Marina
• Soirana
• Vega
• Cima y Vigo

Notable people

• Álvaro de Navia Osorio y Vigil, Marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado
• Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, statesman and poet (1744–1811), died here. ^[1]

References

1.   Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 525–526.