Comarcas of Asturias
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Asturias
, an autonomous community in Spain
, is divided into eight comarcas. These comarcas are not an administrative division of the autonomous community. The comarcas in Spain are a grouping of municipalities that are encouraged (but not required) to work together to achieve objectives. Comarca
is a Spanish-language
word roughly equivalent to the English-language
word county
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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...
, an autonomous community in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, is divided into eight comarcas. These comarcas are not an administrative division of the autonomous community. The comarcas in Spain are a grouping of municipalities that are encouraged (but not required) to work together to achieve objectives. Comarca
Comarca
A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...
is a Spanish-language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
word roughly equivalent to the English-language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
word county
County
A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain modern nations. Historically in mainland Europe, the original French term, comté, and its equivalents in other languages denoted a jurisdiction under the sovereignty of a count A county is a jurisdiction of local government in certain...
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List of comarcas of Asturias
The comarcas of Asturias are listed here, each with its Spanish-language name first, followed by its Asturian-language name if that differs:- AvilésAvilés (Asturian comarca)Avilés is one of 8 comarcas, administrative divisions of Asturias, which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain .The comarca of Avilés is divided into nine municipalities. From east to west they are:*Gozón*Avilés*Corvera*Illas*Castrillón...
- CaudalCaudal (Asturian comarca)Caudal is one of 8 comarcas administrative divisions of Asturias, an autonomous community in Spain.The comarca of Caudal is divided into three municipalities. They are:*Lena*Aller*Mieres...
- Eo-NaviaEo-Navia (Asturian comarca)Eo-Navia is one of eight comarca administrative divisions of Asturias, a province and an autonomous community in Spain. Within the area, Eonavian, an Asturian dialect, is spoken....
- Gijón / XixónGijón (Asturian comarca)Gijón is one of eight comarcas , administrative divisions of Asturias, which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain ....
- NalónNalón (Asturian comarca)Nalón is one of 8 comarcas , administrative divisions of Asturias, which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain ....
- NarceaNarcea (Asturian comarca)Narcea is one of 8 comarcas administrative divisions of Asturias, which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain .The comarca of Narcea is divided into five municipalities . From south to north they are:*Ibias*Degaña...
- OrienteOriente (Asturian comarca)Oriente is one of 8 comarcas administrative divisions of Asturias, which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain .The comarca of Oriente is divided into fourteen administrative regions...
- Oviedo / UviéuOviedo (Asturian comarca)Oviedo is one of 8 comarcas which is a province and an autonomous community in Spain .The comarca of Oviedo is formed by 21 municipalities...