Colunga

Colunga ( ) is a municipality in the Autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia.

Colunga ( ) is a municipality in the Autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies on the Cantabrian Sea, and is bordered to the west by Villaviciosa, to the south by Parres and Piloña, and to the east by Caravia. ==Parishes== ===Parish of Colunga=== The capital of the municipality is the parish with the same name. Its population is 1,132 (INE 2007) and it is divided in five villages: Cimavilla, El Ferreru, Friera, Loreto and El Sorriberu. ==Anchovy beaching incident== On September 29, 2006, millions of anchovies, constituting a weight of over three tons, beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders." ==Gallery== File:Iglesia de Santa María de Sabada.jpg|Church of Santa María de Sabada File:Iglesia de Santiago (Gobiendes).jpg|Pre-Romanesque Church of Santiago de Gobiendes File:Palacio de Gobiendes - 7.jpg|Palace of Gobiendes File:Torre del Reloj (Lastres).jpg|Clock tower in Lastres, Colunga File:Aytocolunga.jpg|Colunga's Town Hall File:MUJA-Tyrannosaurus.JPG|Jurassic Museum of Asturias File:Costadinosaurios.JPG|The Dinosaur Coast ==See also== List of municipalities in Asturias ==Notes== Postalcodes *Altitdude Google Earth ==External links== [http://www.llastres.com www.llastres.com foros de lastres Federación Asturiana de Concejos Portal sobre el concejo

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