Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Castile and León
- Province
- León
- Comarca
- Montaña de Riaño
- Mayor
- Manuel Javier Fernández Presa
- Total
- 97.63 km (37.70 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,112 m (3,648 ft)
- Density
- 4.88/km (12.6/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Riañéses
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- www .mriano .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Riaño
- Population
- 476
- Area
- 100.82
- Elevation
- 1130
- Official website
- www.riano.org
- Image
- Nuevo Riaño. Agosto 2005.JPG
- Licence plate code
- LE
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- postal code
- 24900
- Commons category
- Riaño, León
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- Riaño, León
- male population
- 264
- female population
- 199
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Riaño is a town and municipality located along the Esla River in the mountains of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, northern Spain. Located 1,100 metres above sea level, it is in the Cantabrian Mountains near the foothills of the Picos de Europa. The village is across the reservoir from Pico Gilbo.
Due to planned construction of a dam and reservoir in the 1980s, for flood control and generation of hydroelectric power, the village and its lowlying farmland were submerged, as were six other villages in the associated dam project. The residents were relocated to New Riaño, built as a replacement higher above the reservoir waters. In 2010 the village had 532 residents.