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Valdés
Municipality
FlagCoat of arms
ValdésLocation in Spain
Coordinates: 43°32′38″N 6°32′9″W / 43.54389°N 6.53583°W / 43.54389; -6.53583
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Eo-Navia
Judicial district	Valdés
Capital	Luarca
Government
• Alcalde	Simón Guardado Pérez (PSOE)
Area
• Total	353.52 km (136.49 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,010 m (3,310 ft)
Population
• Total	11,734
• Density	33/km (86/sq mi)
Demonym	valdesano/a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33700
Website	Official website

Valdés is a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Salas on the southeast, and Cudillero on the east. The rivers Esva, Negro and Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality.

The surname "Valdés", widespread throughout Spain and Hispanic America, is believed to have ultimately originated from the town of Valdés.

Politics

Parishes

Notable residents

• Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician
• María Esther García López (b. 1948), poet and writer
• Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist and physician, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959.
• Gil Parrondo y Rico (1921-2016), art director, twice Academy Award winner
• Margarita Salas Folgueras (1938-2019), scientist
• Regina García López (1898-1942), famous artist

See also

• Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel (Trevías)

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

External links

• Townhall website (in Spanish)
• Federación Asturiana de Concejos (Asturian Federation of Municipalities) (in Spanish)
• Vivasturias (tourism page) (in Spanish)
• Images of Valdés

v t e Parishes in Valdés, Asturias, Spain
Alienes Arcayana Ayones Barcia Cadavéu Caneiru Carcéu Castañéu La Montaña Luarca Muñás Otur Paredes Santiago Trevías

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