SITUATION AND BOUNDARIES

Oviedo and its council lay in the centre of Asturias, equidistant from both Llanes and Tapia de Casariego in opposite directions, the former towards Santander and the latter towards Galicia, and 25 km away from the beaches on the North and the mountain range of “Picos de Europa” on the South.

The council has 186.65 km2 and its boundaries are: Llanera on the North; Siero and Langreo on the East; Mieres, Rivera de Arriba and Santo Adriano on the South and, Grado and Las Regueras on the West.

GERMORPHOLOGY AND RELIEF

The council’s relief is a consequence of the geological constitution and of the hydrographical erosion caused by the rivers Caudal and Nalón which have bored through the land causing deep slopes in it.

The highest point is registered in the mountain range that divides Oviedo and Langreo, at 709 m and the lowest one has been recorded by the Nalón at 800 m above sea level.

Oviedo’s maximum average temperature is of 23 degrees Centigrade and its minimum average temperature is of 4.5 degrees centigrade.

POPULATION

There were 900 inhabitants in Oviedo in the XIII century (1263). By the XVII century (1646) the population had only risen to 1.537 in the whole council.

Nowadays there are about 200.000 people in the council of Oviedo.

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