Amieva is a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It is also the name of one of the municipality's subdivisions (parroquias, or parish).

Amieva municipality is sparsely inhabited, having a resident population of 868 (2005) and a population density of fewer than 8 people per square kilometre. The total area covers some 114 km2.

History

Coat of arms

Old arms

  • Top: Emblem of Pelayo
  • Bottom: Two emblems of important families of the City

New arms

Since 30 August 2001.

  • Top left > Represents agriculture
  • Top right > Represents the Forest economy
  • Bottom > Represents the Rio Sella and the Picos de Europa, the most important natural features.

Politics

Local elections
Party 1979 1983 1987[2] 1991[2] 1995[2] 1999[2] 2003[2] 2007[2] 2011[3] 2015
FAC 3 4
PSOE 4 4 4 3 3 4 5 4 3 2
CD / AP / PP 2 3 4 3 4 1 2 3 1 1
PCE / IU-BA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAS-UNA 0 2 2 1 0
UCD / CDS 5 2 1 0
URAS 1
Total 11 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 7

Parishes

Amieva is divided into 5 parishes:

Demography

Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España - grafics for Wikipedia
Rebeco in the Picos de Europa.

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Dirección General de Política Interior
  3. ^ Elecciones Locales 2011

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