Bimenes | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Asturias |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Oviedo |
Coordinates: | 43.3333°N -38°W |
Elevation Max M: | 1144 |
Area Total Km2: | 32.69 |
Population Demonym: | yerbatu/a |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 33527 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | José Emilio González Aller |
Leader Party: | Bloque Independiente de Bimenes |
Bimenes is a municipality of Asturias, Spain. It borders with Siero, Nava, Laviana and San Martín del Rey Aurelio.
It is situated in the center zone of Asturias. Its capital is Martimporra. It is 32 km away from Oviedo and its main road is AS-25, that runs parallel to the Pra river.
The main towns of Bimenes are Martimporra, San Julian, Rozadas, Suares, Melendreros and Taballes.
Bimenes was famous of being a municipality full of miners, even though there were no mines in it, but the surrounding municipalities, Laviana and San Martin del Rey Aurelio did have many of them.
Its medium size surrounding mountains and steep roads are considered for sport events like Vuelta a España, Vuelta a Asturias, and the Rally Príncipe de Asturias.
The current mayor is Aitor García Corte (Partíu Asturianista).
Party/List | 1979 | 1983 | 1987[1] | 1991 | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007[2] | 2011[3] | 2015[4] | |
FSA-PSOE | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
CD / AP / PP | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
PCE / IU-BA / IU-The Greens | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
PAS / URAS-PAS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
URAS / URAS-PAS | 0 | < | -- | -->< | -- | --> | |||||
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Xente Yerbato | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||
UCD / CDS | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
PDNI | 3 | ||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||
Total | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 |