Carreño is a municipality in the autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its capital is Candás.
History
As characteristic of other sites in Asturias, artifacts from the Neolithic era were also found in Carreño. Tumuli, dolmens and hill forts in the region provide evidence for the 100,000-year-old history of the area.
Parishes
(The number preceding the parish name refers to its location on the parroquias map) Candás (capital) Perlora Albandi Carrió Prevera Priendes El Pieloro Llorgozana Quimarán El Valle Ambás Tamón
Politics Partido 1979 1983 1987Dirección General de Política Interior 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011Elecciones Locales 2011 2015 FSA-PSOE 4 3 3 3 4 7 5 6 6 6 CD / AP / PP 1 4 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 Somos 4 PCE / IU-BA / IU-The Greens 5 10 9 10 7 3 3 2 1 3 BA 1 Unidá FAC 2 0 4 3 1 1 0 PCPE 0 1 0 URAS 3 1 1 0 PAS-UNA / PAS / URAS-PAS 0 0 0 0 UCD / CDS 5 0 3 1 1 AA / Andecha por Carreño 0 0 1 1 Independents 2 Total 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Culture
La iglesia de San Félix church built under Fruela II in the 9th century La iglesia de Santa María de Logrezana church finished in the 19th century. La iglesia de Santa María de Piedeloro church built in the 13th century La iglesia parroquial de Ambás parish church from the 18th century La ermita de San Antonio hermitage from the 16th century El palacio de Estrada Mora palace from the 16th century
Notable people Antón de Marirreguera, 17th-century writer, and one of the first to write in Asturian. Juan Carreño de Miranda (March 1614 - September 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. See also List of municipalities in Asturias
References
External links Ayuntamiento de Carreño Diario de noticias e información sobre Candás y Carreño Federación Asturiana de Concejos Página web sobre Candás