Colombres (Ribadedeva)

Colombres is one of three parishes (administrative divisions) in Ribadedeva, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

In 2011 the population was 1,385.[1] In 2015 it won Premio Princesa de Asturias for "Pueblo ejemplar".[2]

One of the most famous people in Colombres was Iñigo Noriega, who was born on 21 May 1853, he emigrated to Mexico with his uncle and he built a palace in his village named La Quinta de Guadalupe,[3] which is the setting for Fundación de Archivos de Indianos, a place for documents about people who emigrated to South and North America since the 19th century.[4]

Villages
  • Bustio ("Bustiu")
  • Colombres (capital of the municipality)
  • El Peral
  • Pimiango ("Pimiangu")

Colombres is in Asturias (Ribadedeva). Bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea; west of Cantabria, and the Deva River; on the south by the parish of San Juan and west by the parish of Noriega.

References
  1. "List of place name: Population of the Continuous Municipal Register by Population Unit". INE. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  2. "Colombres, Ribadedeva (2015)". Fundación Princesa de Asturias (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "Casa natal de Íñigo Noriega Laso". Vivir Asturias (in Spanish). EuroWeb Media S.L. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. "Archivo de Indianos y museo de la emigración". Ayuntamiento de Ribadedeva (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2019.

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