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Valdés, Asturias

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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Eo-Navia

Capital
  
Luarca

Area
  
353.5 km²

Province
  
Asturias

Autonomous community
  
Asturias

Judicial district
  
Valdés

Highest elevation
  
1,010 m (3,310 ft)

Population
  
12,635 (2014)

Local time
  
Tuesday 3:26 AM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 3 km/h, 89% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Jardines de La Fonte Baxa, Faro de Cabo Busto, Playa de Cadavedo, Playa de Cueva, Playa de Otur

Valdés is a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Salas on the southeast, and Cudillero on the east. The rivers Esva, Negro and Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality.

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Map of Vald%C3%A9s, Asturias, Spain

Notable residents

  • Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician
  • Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959.
  • Gil Parrondo y Rico (b. 1921), set decorator
  • Margarita Salas Folgueras (b. 1938), scientist

    • References

    Valdés, Asturias Wikipedia
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