Bimenes
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Municipality
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of Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, Spain
Spain
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. It borders with Siero
Siero
Siero is a municipality of the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Its capital is Pola de Siero.-Parishes:...
, Nava, Laviana
Laviana
Laviana is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, located in Spain. It is bordered on the north by Bimenes and Nava, on the south by Aller, on the east by Piloña and Sobrescobio, and on the west by San Martín del Rey Aurelio and Mieres.Situated in the basin of...
and San Martín del Rey Aurelio
San Martín del Rey Aurelio
San Martín del Rey Aurelio is a municipality of the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain....
.
It is situated in the center zone of Asturias. Its capital is Martimporra. It is 32 km away from Oviedo and its main road is AS-25, that runs parallel to the Pra river.
The main towns of Bimenes are Martimporra, San Julian, Rozadas, Suares, Melendreros and Taballes.
Bimenes was famous of being a municipality full of miners, even though there were no mines in it, but the surrounding municipalities, Laviana
Laviana
Laviana is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, located in Spain. It is bordered on the north by Bimenes and Nava, on the south by Aller, on the east by Piloña and Sobrescobio, and on the west by San Martín del Rey Aurelio and Mieres.Situated in the basin of...
and San Martin del Rey Aurelio
San Martín del Rey Aurelio
San Martín del Rey Aurelio is a municipality of the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain....
did have many of them.
Its medium size surrounding mountains and steep roads are considered for sport events like Vuelta a España
Vuelta a España
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, Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta a Asturias
Vuelta a Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour...
, and the Rally Príncipe de Asturias.
Politics
| BIB | IU United Left (Spain) The United Left is a political coalition that was organized in 1986 bringing together several political organisations opposed to Spain joining NATO. It was formed by a number of groups of leftists, greens, left-wing socialists and republicans, but was dominated by the Communist Party of Spain... -BA |
PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
PP People's Party (Spain) The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship... |
BISODE | PAS Partíu Asturianista Partíu Asturianista is a nationalist political party from Asturias, Spain,founded in 1985 by Xuan Xosé Sánchez Vicente.-Ideology:... |
Otros | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2007 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Parishes
- San Emeterio (Bimenes)San Emeterio (Bimenes)San Emeterio is one of three parishes in Bimenes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.It is in size with a population of 863 .-Villages:...
- San Julián (Bimenes)San Julián (Bimenes)San Julián is one of three parishes in Bimenes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.It is in size with a population of 824 .-Villages:...
- SuaresSuaresSuares is one of three parishes in Bimenes, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.It is in size with a population of 267 .-Villages:...