Barros, Asturias Explained

Barros (Langreo)
Settlement Type:Parish
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Name1:Asturias
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Asturias
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Langreo
Pushpin Map:Spain
Coordinates:43.3167°N -5.7°W

Barros is one of eight parishes (administrative divisions) in the Asturian city of Langreo, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain and a parish of the same name. It is located between the districts of Riaño and La Felguera.

Villages

  • El Barreru
  • El Casal
  • Faeo
  • La Llamiella
  • La Peña
  • Les Peñes
  • La Talamera
  • Les Viesques
  • La venta l'aire
  • El Pozu
  • L'acebal
  • Pedrazos
  • El Campanal
  • La Traba
  • El Pevidal
  • Caecía
  • El Puente Llago

Population

Its population is about 1,000 inhabitants, and covers an area of 2.63 km².

Feasts

Barros celebrates its feast in honor of the Immaculate Conception in August.

Facilities

In Barros, the Stephen Hawking Neurological Disability Center is being completed. Barros has a train stop for the Cercanías Asturias RENFE, from the C-2 line, and bus lines that connect to Oviedo, Avilés, Gijón and the rest of the Nalón Valley. Its inhabitants are called pozaricos. Economic development is by means of the valley and La Felguera coal extraction industries. In Barros there is still an old mine, el Pozo Barros, and its limits is the old Nitrastur Factory.