Vega de Poja is a parish (administrative division) in Siero

Siero

Siero is a municipality of the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Its capital is Pola de Siero.-Parishes:...

, a municipality

Municipality

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 within the province and autonomous community

Autonomous communities of Spain

An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...

 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...

, in northern Spain

Spain

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. The parish is located to the North East of the administrative capital of the municipality, Pola de Siero

Pola de Siero

Pola de Siero is a town in the autonomous community of Asturias on the north coast of the Kingdom of Spain. It is the administrative capital of the municipality of Siero...

, between Highway AS-331 and Highway AS-248.
According to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)

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, in 2008 Vega de Poja had a population of 977

Origin and history

The first documented reference to the parish church of Saint Martin appears in the middle ages, in apporoximately 905, during the reign of Alfonso (The Great) III.

External links

• Asturian society of economic and industrial studies, English language version of "Sociedad Asturiana de Estudios Económicos e Industriales" (SADEI)