Valdés is a Spanish municipality in the province of Asturias. Its capital is Luarca. It borders the Bay of Biscay on the north, the municipalities of Navia and Villayón on the west, Tineo on the south, Salas on the southeast, and Cudillero on the east. The rivers Esva, Negro and Barayo flow through the area. The national road N-634 is the main road serving the municipality.
The surname "Valdés", widespread throughout Spain and Hispanic America, is believed to have ultimately originated from the town of Valdés.
Politics
PSOE PP CDS URAS Others Total 1979 2 1 11 - 7 21 1983 9 12 - - 0 21 1987 9 6 1 - 1 17 1991 10 7 0 - 0 17 1995 9 8 - - 0 17 1999 8 8 - 1 0 17 2003 7 5 - 5 0 17 2007 11 6 - 0 0 17
Parishes
Alienes Arcallana Ayones Barcia CadavedoCanero
Castañeo La Montaña LuarcaMuñás Otur Paredes Santiago Trevías
Notable residents Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (1879-1954), politician María Esther García López (b. 1948), poet and writer Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (1905-1993), biochemist and physician, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1959. Gil Parrondo y Rico (1921-2016), art director, twice Academy Award winner Margarita Salas Folgueras (1938-2019), scientist Regina García López (1898-1942), famous artist
See also Iglesia de San Miguel Arcángel (Trevías) List of municipalities in Asturias
References
External links
Townhall website Federación Asturiana de Concejos (Asturian Federation of Municipalities) Vivasturias (tourism page) Images of Valdés