Colunga

For other uses, see Colunga (disambiguation).
Colunga
Municipality
Colunga

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 43°29′10″N 5°16′13″W / 43.48611°N 5.27028°W / 43.48611; -5.27028
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Asturias
Province Asturias
Comarca Oriente
Judicial district Villaviciosa
Capital Colunga
Government
  Alcalde José Rogelio Pando (PSOE)
Area
  Total 97.57 km2 (37.67 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1,159 m (3,802 ft)
Population
  Total 3,930
  Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonym(s) colungués / colunguesa
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 33320 - 33340
Website Official website

Colunga is a municipality in the Autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.

Politic


PSOEPPIU-BAOthersTotal
2003441211
2007650011

Parishes

Parish of Colunga

The capital of the municipality is the parish with the same name. Its population is 1,132 (INE 2007) and it is divided in five villages: Cimavilla, El Ferreru, Friera, Loreto and El Sorriberu.

Demography

Quelle: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafische Aufarbeitung für Wikipedia

Anchovy beaching incident

On September 29, 2006, millions of anchovies, constituting a weight of over three tons, had beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."[1]

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