Vegadeo

Vegadeo A Veiga (Eonavian)
Municipality
Suarón river at Vegadeo
Flag Coat of arms
Vegadeo Location in Spain
Coordinates: 43°28′N 7°3′W / 43.467°N 7.050°W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Eo-Navia
Judicial district	Castropol
Capital	Vegadeo
Government
• Alcalde	Juan de la Cruz Antolín Rato (PSOE)
Area
• Total	80.69 km^2 (31.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,130 m (3,710 ft)
Population
• Total	4,367
• Density	54/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	vegadense o veigueño
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33770
Website	Official website

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

It is one of Eonavian speaking councils of Asturias^[1]

Demography

From: INE Archiv

Parishes

Parish map of Vegadeo.

• 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.

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 (Spanish)
• Guía del Occidente. Vegadeo (Spanish)
• Oscos-Eo (Spanish)

References

1. Multilingualism in Spain. Teresa Turell. page 113