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Coaña ( Galician-Asturian: ''Cuaña'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies along the Cantabrian Sea to the north, and is bordered on the south by Boal, on the east by Navia and Villayón across the Navia River, and on the west by
Federación Asturiana de Concejos
El Espín
Municipalities in Asturias
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El Franco
El Franco is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, and to the west by Tapia de Casariego, to the south by Castropol and Boal, and to the east by Coaña. E ...
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History
As the municipality of Obispalía, it formed part of the extensive territory of Navia – Eo, which was given to theBishop of Oviedo
The Archdiocese of Oviedo ( la, Oveten(sis), links=no) is an Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain.
by Alfonso VII
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
in 1154 under the name Castropol.
In 1581, Coaña became an independent municipality, when the inhabitants purchased it from Philip II, the owner of Castropol by papal bull.
The municipality suffered during the invasion of French troops during the Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spai ...
, and the villages of Coaña, Folgueras and Mohías were plundered.
Parish
*Cartavio
Cartavio (variant: Santa María de Cartavio) is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the Coaña municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
The population is 602 (INE
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*Coaña
Coaña (Galician-Asturian: ''Cuaña'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies along the Cantabrian Sea to the north, and is bordered on the south by Boal, on the east by Navia and Villayón ...
*Folgueras
Folgueiras ( Spanish: ''Folgueras'') is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the Cuaña
Cuaña (Galician-Asturian; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Coaña'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Astur ...
*Lebredo
Llebredo is a parish in the municipalities of Boal, Coaña, and El Franco
El Franco is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, and to the west by Tapia d ...
* Mohías
*Trelles
Trelles is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the Cuaña municipality, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
The population is 292 (INE
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Institutions
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*Villacondide
Villacondide is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the Cuaña
Cuaña (Galician-Asturian; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Coaña'') is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It lies alon ...
See also
*Ortiguera
Ortigueira (in Spanish language, Spanish, ''Ortiguera'') is a fishing village which has about one thousand inhabitants and belongs to the municipality of Coaña, Asturias, Spain. Among its notable locales are the lighthouse, the Chapel of St. Au ...
References
External links
Federación Asturiana de Concejos
El Espín
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