Noreña

Municipality in Asturias, Spain

Location of Noreña

43°23′36″N 5°42′15″W / 43.39333°N 5.70417°W / 43.39333; -5.70417Country SpainAutonomous community AsturiasProvinceAsturiasComarcaOviedoCapitalNoreñaGovernment • AlcaldeCésar Movilla (PSOE)Area • Total5.29 km² (2.04 sq mi)Elevation522 m (1,713 ft)Population • Total5,167 • Density980/km² (2,500/sq mi)DemonymnoreñenseTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeOfficial language(s)Bable, SpanishWebsiteOfficial website

Noreña is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is surrounded by the municipality of Siero. It is the smallest municipality in Asturias and the second smallest in Spain, and one of the ones with the highest per capita income and population density in the Principality. Noreña is also the name of a parish in the municipality, and the municipal capital.

Parishes

• Celles (San Juan de Celles)
• Noreña (Santa María de Noreña)
• Santa Marina

Notable people

• Alberto Colunga Cueto, Dominican priest and Bible translator, was born in Noreña.
• Enrique Rodríguez Bustelo, architect
• Pedro Álvarez de Asturias (d 1286) Lord of Norena

Gallery

• 
  'Santa María de Noreña' Church
• 
  Rionda Alonso Foundation School
• 
  Typical house of this municipality
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  Townhall
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  Bandstand Square
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  Bandstand Square
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  Townhall Square
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  Woman Statue
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  Pig Statue 'El Gochín'
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  Sports Center
• 
  Los Riegos Park
• 
  Fountain

References

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Noreña
• Federación Asturiana de Concejos (in Spanish)
• Página del caminoreal (in Spanish)
• Noreña entrañable.