Country Spain Comarca Nalón Capital Campo de Caso Area 307.9 km² Local time Monday 4:19 AM | Autonomous community Asturias Judicial district Laviana Highest elevation 2,022 m (6,634 ft) Population 1,704 (2014) Province Asturias | |
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Weather 12°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 74% Humidity Points of interest Ruta del Alba, Rioseco, Tiatordos, Pendones, Bezanes | ||
Caso (Asturian: Casu) is a municipality in the Spanish Principality of Asturias. It shares a boundary to the North with Piloña; to the East with Ponga; to the South with León and to the West with Sobrescobio and Laviana.
Contents
- Map of Caso Asturias Spain
- Access
- Representative fauna
- Representative flora
- Feasts
- Tourist attractions
- References
Map of Caso, Asturias, Spain
Most of the inhabitants of Caso live in the Nalón Valley, on which the largest town is the capital El Campu. The town is divided in two neighbourhoods: L'Arrobiu and El Barru.
The municipalities of Caso and Sobrescobio together constitute the Redes Natural Park, designated by the UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve. The Natural Monument of the Cueva Deboyu (the Nalón River passes through a cave in the mountain) is also located in Caso. Caso is famous for its landscape, European beech forests, wood handcraft and its Casín cheese.
In the past, most of Caso's people worked in coal mining and livestock farming. Nowadays, tourism has become one of the more important activities in Caso, but farming is still the most relevant.
The Dam of Tanes provides electric energy and drinking water to the central part of Asturias.
Access
The AS-17 (Avilés - Pass of Tarna) road is the easiest form to reach Caso from Oviedo or Gijón. The AS-254 (El Campu - L'Infiestu) road connects Caso with Piloña and the N-634 road. Caso and León are connected by the Pass of Tarna. The nearest train station is located in Pola de Laviana.
Representative fauna
Representative flora
Feasts
Tourist attractions
The municipality occurs in a wild and mountanious aerea for which there are plenty of hikking routes and natural places to visit:
There is also some old churches and interesting civil constructions.