Lena (Spain)

Parish Lena
Town hall of the municipality
Coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community:	Asturias Asturias
Comarca:	Caudal
Coordinates	43° 9′ N, 5° 50′ W43.1578585-5.8290483000001317Coordinates 43° 9′ N, 5° 50′ W
Height:	317 msnm
Area:	315.51 km²
Residents:	10.890 [1 Jan. 2019][1]
Population Density:	34.52 inhabitants/km²
Zip code:	33620–33639
Municipal Number (INE):	33033 Template:Infobox Municipality in Spain/Maintenance/cod_ine
Next airport:	Asturias Airport 77.5 km
Administration
Mayor:	Ramón Argüelles Cordero[2] [IU)
Local government address:	C/ Vital Aza 20, 33630 POLA DE LENA, Tel: +34 985 490 410
Website:	aytolena.es
Location of the municipality

Lena is a municipality in the autonomous region of Asturias in northern Spain. It is divided into 24 parroquias. The main town of the municipality is Pola de Lena.

Location

Bordered on the north by Mieres, on the south by the province of León, on the west by Riosa and Quirós and on the east by Aller.

Geography

Rivers

Across the region and the parroquias are several important rivers that were used in the past for rafting. The most important are Huerna, Pajeres, Caudal and the Aller.

Mountain ranges

• Peña Ubiña 2,417 m
• El Siete 2,356 m

History

The first references date back to the reigns of Ramiro I and Ordoño I, in the 9th century. The construction of the sanctuary of Santa Cristina de Lena also dates back to this period.

In 1266, the municipality was first confirmed by Alfonso X el Sabio in a document called the Carta Puebla.

Parroquias

The municipality is divided into 24 parroquias:

Population development

Source: INE Graphical reprocessing for Wikipedia

Economy

Politics

Traffic

Places of interest

The pre-Romanesque church of Santa Cristina de Lena

• El mosaico de Vega de Ciego was found in 1921 during excavations of a Roman villa and is now in the Museo Arqueológico de Asturias.
• Church of Santa Cristina de Lena from the 9th century.

Festivities and celebrations

On the first weekend in July, the “Fiesta del Cordero a la Estaca” (a kind of local festival, with traditional dances, food and music) is celebrated together with the community of Quirós.

Web links

• Population figures see INE
• Postcodes see ingeniuz.com
• Coordinates and elevations see the location of the town hall of the municipality from Google Maps
• Cultural heritage of the municipality (Spanish)
• Federación Asturiana de Concejos
• Consorcio de la Montaña Central Asturiana
• Aula Didáctica del Prerrománico Asturiano de La Cobertoria
• Valgrade-Pajares
• Sociedad Deportiva Lenense

Individual references

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero. Population statistics of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update)
2. ↑ Info page of the municipality(Memento of Originals of December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive) Info:The archive linkwas inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/www.aytolena.es
3. ↑ Data from the Asturias Statistical Office for Economic Development, as of 2009 (PDF; 108 kB).
4. ↑ Election 2011 Spanish Ministry of the Interior
5. ↑ Election 2015 Spanish Ministry of the Interior(Memento of the Originals june 14, 2015 on the Internet Archive) Info:The archive linkwas automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice.@1@2Template:Webachiv/IABot/elecciones.mir.es