Vegadeo Explained

Vegadeo
Settlement Type:	Municipality
Native Name:	A Veiga (Eonavian)
Flag Size:	150
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:	Eo-Navia
Subdivision Type4:	Judicial district
Subdivision Name4:	Castropol
Seat Type:	Capital
Seat:	Vegadeo
Coordinates:	43.4667°N -10°W
Elevation Max M:	1130
Area Total Km2:	80.69
Population Demonym:	vegadense o veigueño
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:	33770
Area Code Type:	Dialing code
Leader Title:	Alcalde
Leader Name:	Juan de la Cruz Antolín Rato
Leader Party:	PSOE

Vegadeo (Eonavian: A Veiga) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered in the north and east by Castropol, in the south by Villanueva de Oscos, Taramundi, and San Tirso de Abres, and in the west by the Eo River and San Tirso .

It is one of the Eonavian speaking towns of Asturias^[1]

Demography

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Parishes

• Abres
• Guiar
• Meredo
• Paramios
• Piantón
• Vegadeo

Notable people

• Emilio Cotarelo (Emilio Cotarelo y Mori) * 1 May 1857 at Vegadeo † 27 January 1936 at Madrid, Musicologist and Bibliography sciences.
• Eva Moreda, 1981, Galician-language writer and musicologist.

Villages

• Abres Pop. 192 (2006)
• Barranca de Paramios Pop. 8 (2006)
• Besedo Pop. 35 (2006)
• Castromourán Pop. 38 (2006)
• Chao de Porzún Pop. 24 (2006)
• Coba Pop. 36 (2006)
• Cobre Pop.19 (2006)
• Espina Pop. 36 (2006)
• Estelo Pop. 16 (2006)
• Folgueiras Pop. 26 (2006)
• Fuente de Louteiro Pop. 65 (2006)
• Graña de Guiar Pop. 27 (2006)
• Guiar Pop. 24 (2006)
• Louteiro Pop. 38 (2006)
• Meredo Pop. 138 (2006)
• Miou Pop. 119 (2006)
• Molejón Pop. 43 (2006)
• Monticelo Pop. 35 (2006)
• Montouto Pop. 36 (2006)
• Nafarea Pop. 23 (2006)
• Paramios Pop.8 (2006)
• Penzol Pop. 38 (2006)
• Piantón Pop. 195 (2006)
• Porzún Pop. 39 (2006)
• Refojos Pop. 56 (2006)
• Restrepo Pop. 31 (2006)
• Seladaloura Pop. 29 (2006)
• Vega de Villar Pop. 44 (2006)
• Vijande Pop. 20 (2006)
• Villameitide Pop. 74 (2006)
• Vinjoy Pop. 43 (2006)

(from: INE)

External links

• Federación Asturiana de Concejos
• Guía del Occidente. Vegadeo
• Oscos-Eo

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=li0Fmtfxd6kC&dq=Galician-speakin,+Bierzo&pg=PA113 Multilingualism in Spain. Teresa Turell. page 113