Tameza is one of two

parishes (administrative divisions) A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

Yernes y Tameza Yernes y Tameza is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is situated in the east-central zone of the principality, between mountains high along the Cubia River. It is bordered on the west, north, an ...

, a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

within the province and

autonomous community The autonomous communities () are the first-level administrative divisions of Spain, created in accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, with the aim of guaranteeing limited autonomy to the nationalities and regions that make up Sp ...

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 ...

, in northern

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. Situated at

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, the ''

parroquia (, , pl. ; , pl. ''parroquies'') or ''Parròquia'' (, pl. ''parròquies'') is a term equivalent to the English parish and is used in Andorra, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and some parts of northwestern Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, ...

'' is in size, with a population of 97 ( INE 2009). The time zone is UTC+1(+2DT).

Villages and hamlets

* Villabre (municipal capital) () * Fojó (Fuxóu) * Villarruíz (Villuarrí)

Natural wonders

* Caldoveiro Peak

References

Parishes in Yernes y Tameza {{asturias-geo-stub