Colombres (Ribadedeva) Explained

Colombres is one of three parishes (administrative divisions) in Ribadedeva, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

In 2011 the population was 1,385.^[1] In 2015 it won Premio Princesa de Asturias for "Pueblo ejemplar".^[2]

One of the most famous people in Colombres was Iñigo Noriega, who was born on 21 May 1853, he emigrated to Mexico with his uncle and he built a palace in his village named La Quinta de Guadalupe,^[3] which is the setting for Fundación de Archivos de Indianos, a place for documents about people who emigrated to South and North America since the 19th century.^[4]

Villages

• Bustio ("Bustiu")
• Colombres (capital of the municipality)
• El Peral
• Pimiango ("Pimiangu")

Colombres is in Asturias (Ribadedeva). Bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea; west of Cantabria, and the Deva River; on the south by the parish of San Juan and west by the parish of Noriega.

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of place name: Population of the Continuous Municipal Register by Population Unit . . 19 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235103/http://www.ine.es/nomen2/index.do?accion=busquedaAvanzada&entidad_amb=no&codProv=33&codMuni=55&codEC=1&codES=0&codNUC=0&ordenAnios=DESC&L=1 . 3 March 2016 . dead .
2. News: Colombres, Ribadedeva (2015) . 2015 . 20 October 2019 . Fundación Princesa de Asturias . es.
3. Web site: Casa natal de Íñigo Noriega Laso . 20 October 2019 . Vivir Asturias . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20140717073930/http://vivirasturias.com/asturias/ribadedeva/casa-natal-de-i%C3%B1igo-noriega-laso/es . 17 July 2014 . EuroWeb Media S.L. . dead .
4. Web site: Archivo de Indianos y museo de la emigración . Ayuntamiento de Ribadedeva . 20 October 2019 . es . https://web.archive.org/web/20161027134214/http://www.ribadedeva.es/archivo-de-indianos-y-museo-de-la-emigracion . 27 October 2016 . live .