Candamo

Infobox Asturian municipality


coat of arms=Escudo de Candamo.gif
coat of arms size= 80px


othername= Candamu
coordinates = coord|43|26|47.8|N|6|3|29.4|W|type:adm2nd(2235)_elevation:33_dim:5000_region:ES-O|display=inline,title
capital= Grullos
judicial district= Pravia
parishes= 11
year= 2007
population= 2,235
population rank= 41
population percentage= 0.21
density= 54,51
area= 72
area rank= 48
area percentage= 0.23
highest point = La Degollada 613
postcode= 33828 - 33829
mayor= José Antonio García
party= PSOE
website= http://www.ayto-candamo.esLocation map|Spain|label= Candamo|lat_deg=43|lat_min=45|lon_deg=-6|lon_min=-06|position=right|width=300
float=right|background=#FFFFDD|caption=Candamo in Spain

Candamo (Asturian: Candamu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the east by Las Regueras, on the south by Grado, on the north by Illas, Castrillón and Soto del Barco, and on the west by Pravia and Salas.

History

Around Candamo and specially on the shores of the Rio Nalon many Paleolithic Artifacts where found.The first documentations about Candamo are from the 11. Century and was found in an Monasterys Archive.

Coat of arms

* left: the Coat of arms from Grado.
* right: a symbol for the boards, Don Pelayo used, to built a Bridge over the River, to cross with his soldiers.

Parishes

Polític

	PSOE	PP	IU-BA	CDS	Andere	Total
1979	1	0	6	0	4	11
1983	1	2	8	-	0	11
1987	-	-	3	2	6	11
1991	9	0	2	0	0	11
1995	7	3	1	-	0	11
1999	9	1	1	-	0	11
2003	8	2	1	-	0	11
2007	8	2	1	-	0	11