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Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baíña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, Santullano, Santa Rosa, Seana, Ujo, Urbiés, Valdecuna, Santa Cruz, Ablaña, Turón, Gallegos, Bustiello.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Mieres
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Mieres del camin desde La Quinta.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Mieres del Camín, seat of the municipality.
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Mieres.png
Settlement.image_shield
Escudo_de_Mieres.svg
Settlement.flag_size
150
Settlement.shield_size
75
Settlement.image_map
Mieres Asturies map.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Mieres in Asturias.
Settlement.pushpin_map
Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Asturias
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Caudal

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Mieres
Demonym
mierense
Population
36132
Area
146.03
Elevation
386
Official website
www.mieres.es
Image
Casa'l conceyu mieres.jpg
Households
18333
Licence plate code
O
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Commons category
Mieres
postal code
33600
female population
19944
male population
18015
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Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baíña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, Santullano, Santa Rosa, Seana, Ujo, Urbiés, Valdecuna, Santa Cruz, Ablaña, Turón, Gallegos, Bustiello.

== History== Mieres is the heart of the coal mining industry in Spain. The topography of Mieres is mountainous with the greatest population centers being located in the valley along the banks of the Caudal River (Río Caudal) valley in the center of Asturias. Before the Spanish Industrial Restructuring Mieres was one of the industrial backbones of Asturias, and hosted 70000 inhabitants in the 1960s. Today Mieres shelters a campus of the University of Oviedo and different museums in relation with the industrial heritage.

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