Candamo | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Native Name: | Candamu |
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: | Avilés |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Pravia |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Grullos |
Coordinates: | 43.4467°N -6.0581°W |
Elevation Max M: | 613 |
Area Total Km2: | 71.97 |
Population Demonym: | candamín / candamina |
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: | 33828 and 33829 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | José Antonio García Vega |
Leader Party: | PSOE |
Candamo (Asturian: Candamu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the east by Las Regueras, on the south by Grado, on the north by Illas, Castrillón and Soto del Barco, and on the west by Pravia and Salas.
Around Candamo and specially on the shores of the Rio Nalon many paleolithic artifacts have been found.The first documentations about Candamo are from the 11th century and was found in an Monasterys Archive.
PSOE | PP | IU-BA | CDS | Andere | Total | |||
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1979 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | ||
1983 | 1 | 2 | 8 | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | - | 0 | 11 | |
1987 | bgcolor="#ffbbbb" align="center" | - | bgcolor="#bbbbff" align="center" | - | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
1991 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
1995 | 7 | 3 | 1 | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | - | 0 | 11 | |
1999 | 9 | 1 | 1 | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | - | 0 | 11 | |
2003 | 8 | 2 | 1 | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | - | 0 | 11 | |
2007 | 8 | 2 | 1 | bgcolor="#ff9900" align="center" | - | 0 | 11 |