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Cabrales
Sign in to saveCabrales is a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It is situated between the Sierra de Cuera and the Picos de Europa, and is a region famous for its Cabrales cheese. It is divided into nine parishes; Las Arenas is the largest, with a population 767 as of 2023. The population for the municipality as a whole sat at 1,918 as of 2023.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cabrales
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Canales de Cabrales - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Prado, Cabrales
- Settlement.image_flag
- Bandera de Cabrales.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Cabrales.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.shield_size
- 75
- Settlement.image_map
- Cabrales.png
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Spain
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- Location in Spain
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous community
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Asturias
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- Comarca
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Oriente
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- Judicial district
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cabrales
- Demonym
- cabraliego
- Population
- 1884
- Area
- 238.83
- Elevation
- 307
- Official website
- www.cabrales.es
- Image
- SotresPanorama.jpg
- Households
- 1149
- Licence plate code
- O
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- postal code
- 33555 / 33554
- Commons category
- Cabrales
- female population
- 959
- male population
- 1001
- P8168
- Corsier
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Cabrales is a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It is situated between the Sierra de Cuera and the Picos de Europa, and is a region famous for its Cabrales cheese. It is divided into nine parishes; Las Arenas is the largest, with a population 767 as of 2023. The population for the municipality as a whole sat at 1,918 as of 2023.
== Geography == Cabrales lies on the border between Asturias and its neighbouring autonomous community Castile and León. It is a highly mountainous region; it contains within it parts of the Sierra de Cuera and Picos de Europa. It is located on the Central Massif of the Cantabrian Mountains. Two notable peaks in Cabrales are Torre Cerredo and Naranjo de Bulnes, which both sit at an altitude of over 2,500 m; the former is the highest peak in the Cantabrian mountain range. It has a very temperate climate, with an average yearly temperature of 12 °C.
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