Salas, Asturias

Salas
Salas
	Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Salas Location in Spain
	Coordinates: 43°24′N 6°15′W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Oviedo
Capital	Salas
Government
• Alcalde	Sergio Hidalgo Alfonso (FAC)
Area
• Total	227.11 km2 (87.69 sq mi)
Highest elevation	923 m (3,028 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	5,084
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	salense
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	33860
Website	www.ayto-salas.es

Salas (also known as San Martin de Salas)[2] is a town and concejo (municipality) in the Principality of Asturias. It lies on the road from San Sebastián to Santiago de Compostela, and on a small subtributary of the river Narcea. It is bordered on the north by Valdés, Cudillero and Pravia, to south by Belmonte de Miranda, to the east by Pravia, Candamo and Grado, and to the west by Tineo and Valdés.

Salas is a mountainous region in which coal-mining and agriculture are the principal industries. The products of this region are sent for export to Cudillero, a small harbour on the Bay of Biscay. Salas is well-known as a tourist point and for be the birthplace of Fernando de Valdés y Salas.

Culture

Valdéz-Salas Palace

Cornellana monastery

There are several buildings of importance in Salas, the Palacio de Doriga, Palacio de Valdés and Castillo de Salas, among others. Also the romanesque Monasterio de San Salvador, the Monasterio de San Martin and the Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor.

Parishes

Politics

Elecciones municipales
Partido	1979	1983	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011
PSOE	0	6	6	9	8	10	8	7	6
FAC									5
PP	4	7	5	4	5	2	5	5	2
IU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
UCA	5
UCD/CDS	4	-	2	0
CIS						1
Total	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

References

Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
"Official site of the municipality of Salas (Spanish)".

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Salas". Encyclopædia Britannica. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 60.

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

[2] "Official site of the municipality of Salas (Spanish)".