Caso

Caso

Infobox_Asturian municipality




othername= Casu
demonym Spanish = Casín
capital= Campo de Caso
coordinates =
judicial district= Laviana
parishes= 10
year= 2005
population= 1,997
population rank= 49
population percentage = 0.18
density= 5.93
area= 337
area rank= 6
area percentage = 3.18
highest point= La Rapaína 2,022
postcode= 33990 to 33999
mayor= Elías Rodríguez Lozano
party= IU
website= http://www.ayto-caso.es

Caso (Asturian: Casu) is a municipality in the Principality of Asturias. It shares a boundary to the North with Piloña; to the East with Ponga; to the South with León and to the West with Sobrescobio and Laviana.

Most of the inhabitants of Caso live in the Nalón Valley, on which the largest town is the capital Campo de Caso. The town is divided in two neighbourhoods: Arrobio (El Arrobiu) and Barrio (El Barru).

The Municipalities of Caso and Sobrescobio together constitute the Redes Natural Park, designated by the UNESCO such as Biosphere Reserve. The Natural Monument of the "Cueva Deboyu" (the Nalón River passes through a cave in the mountain) is also located in Caso. Caso is famous for its landscape, european beech forests, wood handcraft and its cheese, that is called "casín".

In the past, most of Caso's people worked in coal mining and livestock farming. Nowadays, tourism has becomed one of the more important activities in Caso, but farming is still the most relevant.

The Dam of Tanes provides electric energy and drinking water to the central part of Asturias.

Access

The AS-17 (Avilés - Pass of Tarna) road is the easiest form to reach Caso from Oviedo or Gijón. The AS-254 (Campo de Caso - Infiesto) road connects Caso with Piloña and the N-634 road. Caso and León are connected by the Pass of Tarna. The nearest train station is located in Pola de Laviana.

Parishes of Caso

*Soto de Caso
*Bezanes
*Belerda
*La Foz
*Abantro

Representative Fauna

* Brown Bear
* Capercaillie
* Red Deer
* Wolf
* Boar
* Chamois
* Roe Deer
* Golden Eagle
* Griffon Vulture
* Fallow Deer
* Trout

Representative Flora

* European Beech
* Holly
* Oak
* Yew
* Birch
* Chestnut

Feasts

* 24th June, Saint John the Baptist, Campo de Caso
* 25th July, Saint James the Great, Bueres
* 8th August, Harvester's Feast, Caleao
* Last weekend of August, Casín Cheese's Contest, Collada de Arnicio (Govezanes)
* 8th October, Cattle Market and Contest, Campo de Caso

Tourist Atracttions

* Museo de la Madera y la Madreña (wood handcraft museum), Beneros
* Redes Visitor Centre, Campo de Caso
* Arrudos Defile, Caleao
* Deboyu Cave, Campo de Caso
* Mongayu Cascades, Tarna
* Brañagallones (a sort of beautiful shepherd's huts in the mountain), Bezanes
* Pandu Quarter (traditional asturian architecture), Campo de Caso
* Santa Maria la Real Church (XVI Century), Tanes
* Santa Cruz de la Real Church (Baroque altarpiece), Caleao

External links

* [http://www.ayto-caso.es Official site of the Municipality of Caso] es icon
* [http://www.asturiaspicosdeeuropa.com/english/redes.html Information about the Redes Natural Park] (in English)
* [http://www.parquederedes.com/ Official site of the Redes Natural Park] es icon


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