The province of Asturias is a
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province
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, which since 1982 has formed the single-province
autonomous community
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of the
Principality of Asturias
Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain.
It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
. Between 1833 and 1983 it was called the province of Oviedo.
History
It was created in November 1833, with the name of its capital, the city of
Oviedo
Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...
, within the
territorial division of 1833, which divided Spain into provinces. In its constitution it included the territories of the historical
comarca
A ''comarca'' (, , , ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain, and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, mark ...
of
Asturias de Oviedo, to which was added the territory of the current of
Ribadedeva
Ribadedeva (; Asturian and Cantabrian: Ribadeva) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. To the north is the Cantabrian Sea, while to the south lies Peñamellera Baja, to the west Llanes and to the ...
,
Peñamellera Alta
Peñamellera Alta (in Asturian language, asturian: ''El Valle Altu de Peñamellera'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Llanes, on the west by Cabrales, on the eas ...
and
Peñamellera Baja
Peñamellera Baja (in Asturian: '' El Valle Baju de Peñamellera'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is borderered to the north by Llanes and Ribadedeva, to the west by Peñamellera Alta ...
. These municipalities previously belonged to
Asturias de Santillana
Asturias de Santillana is a historical ''comarca'' whose territory in large part corresponded to the central and western part of today's autonomous community of Cantabria, as well as the extreme east of Asturias. Most of the province of Asturias ...
and, since 1778, to the .
Its creation meant the end of the as the governing body of the province, which was left in the hands of the . On 31 October 1835, the last minutes of the sessions of the General Assemblies and Provincial Councils of the Principality of Asturias were signed to give way to the Provincial Council.
With Law 1/1983, of 5 April 1983, on the change of name of the current province of Oviedo to the province of Asturias, the eighth transitory provision of the
Statute of Autonomy of Asturias
The Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias is a Spanish Organic Law that determines the fields, bodies and institutions of self-government of the Asturian autonomous community.
History
On 1 June 1979, the political parties represented ...
was complied with, changing its name to the current one. The number plates remained with the code O, although there were some moves to change it to AS.
Coat of arms
The province of Oviedo already had as its
coat of arms
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the current
coat of arms of Asturias
The coat of arms of Asturias was adopted on 27 April 1984.
The oldest attributed arms of the Principality of Asturias date from the 16th century, and show a quartered shield with the castle of the Kingdom of Castile, the lion of León and a gob ...
, with the
Victoria Cross
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, but with a princely crown. This coat of arms was maintained, with minor variations, until its officialisation in 1984 as the coat of arms of the autonomous community, with a
royal crown at the , according to
Jovellanos
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Overview
The municipality is divided into the barrios of Asunción, Isabel, Realengo and San José.
It was founded in 1842 as Corral de la Bemba on the location of an old r ...
' description, due to “the very condition of the territory of Asturias, always a
land of royalty”.
See also
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References
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