Asturias, an autonomous community in Spain, is divided into eight comarcas (cotarros in Asturian). These comarcas are not an administrative division of the autonomous community, and are only used as a system to homogenize the statistical data collected by the Principality of Asturias.
The comarcas in Spain are a grouping of municipalities that are encouraged (but not required) to work together to achieve objectives. The term Comarca is a Spanish word roughly equivalent to the English word county.
List The comarcas of Asturias are listed here, each with its Spanish-language name first, followed by its Asturian-language name if that differs: +NameLocation on MapMunicipalities (municipios in Spanish/conceyos in Asturian)PopulationAreaAvilés10: Avilés, Candamo, Castrillón, Corvera de Asturias, Cudillero, Gozón, Illas, Muros de Nalón, Pravia, Soto del Barco156,038535km2Caudal3: Lena, Aller, Mieres75,575823km2Eo-Navia17: Valdés, Navia, Villayón, Cuaña, Boal, Eilao, Pezós, Grandas de Salime, El Franco, Tapia, Samartín d'Ozcos, Santalla d'Ozcos, Vilanova d'Ozcos, Castropol, Veiga d'Eo, Santiso d'Abres, Taramundi67,3071,645km2Gijón / Xixón3: Villaviciosa, Gijón / Xixón, Carreño301,171518km2Nalón5: Caso (Casu), Sobrescobio (Sobrescobiu), Laviana (Llaviana), San Martín del Rey Aurelio (Samartín del Rei Aureliu), Langreo (Llangréu)84,790647km2Narcea5: Ibias, Degaña, Cangas del Narcea, Allande, Tineo34,5342,043km2Oriente14: Ribadedeva, Peñamellera Baxa, Peñamellera Alta, Cabrales, Llanes, Onís, Cangues d'Onís, Ribesella, Amieva, Parres, Caravia, Colunga, Piloña, Ponga48,280Oviedo / Uviéu21: Cabranes, Nava, Sariegu, Bimenes, Siero, Noreña, Oviedo, Llanera, Les Regueres, Ribera de Arriba, Morcín, Riosa, Santu Adrianu, Grau, Quirós, Teberga, Proaza, Yernes y Tameza, Somiedu, Salas, Miranda263,2982,323km2
See also Comarcas of Spain List of municipalities in Asturias
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