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| name                    = Colunga
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]
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| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Asturias}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Asturias]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Comarcas of Spain|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Oriente (comarca)|Oriente]]
| subdivision_type4       = [[Judicial districts of Spain|Judicial district]]
| subdivision_name4       = [[Villaviciosa, Asturias|Villaviciosa]]
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| seat                    = Colunga
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| population_demonym      = colungués / colunguesa 
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| leader_title            = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_name             = José Rogelio Pando 
| leader_party            = [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]]
| website                 = {{official website|http://www.colungaturismo.com}}
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'''Colunga''' ({{IPA|es|koˈluŋɡa}}) is a municipality in the [[Autonomous community]] of the Principality of [[Asturias]], Spain. It lies on the [[Cantabrian Sea]], and is bordered to the west by [[Villaviciosa, Asturias|Villaviciosa]], to the south by [[Parres]] and [[Piloña]], and to the east by [[Caravia]].

== Politics ==
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| colspan="11" width="600px" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |{{center|'''Elecciones municipales'''}}
|- bgcolor="#D8D8D8"
| '''Partido'''
| align="right" | '''1979'''
| align="right" | '''1983'''
| align="right" | '''1987'''<ref name="mir">[http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/ Dirección General de Política Interior]</ref>
| align="right" | '''1991'''<ref name="mir"/>
| align="right" | '''1995'''<ref name="mir"/>
| align="right" | '''1999'''<ref name="mir"/>
| align="right" | '''2003'''<ref name="mir"/>
| align="right" | '''2007'''<ref name="mir"/>
| align="right" | '''2011'''<ref>[http://elecciones.mir.es/resultados2011/99MU/DMU0333904599_L1.htm?d=431&e=0 Elecciones Locales 2011]</ref>
| align="right" | '''2015'''<ref name="mir"/>
|-
| bgcolor="#FF4500" | '''[[Partido Socialista Obrero Español|PSOE]]'''
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 4
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 4
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 3
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 5
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 3
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 4
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 6
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 6
| bgcolor="#FF6347" align="right" | 6
|-
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" | '''[[Democratic Coalition (Spain)|CD]] / [[People's Alliance (Spain)|AP]] / [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]]'''
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 4
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 4
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 5
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 7
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 6
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| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 4
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 5
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 3
| bgcolor="#87CEFA" align="right" | 4
|-
| bgcolor="#1E80FF" | '''[[Asturias Forum|FAC]]'''
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#1E80FF" align="right" | 2
| bgcolor="#1E80FF" align="right" | 1
|-
| bgcolor="#32CD32" | '''[[Communist Party of Spain|PCE]] / [[United Left (Spain)|IU]]-[[Bloc for Asturias|BA]] / [[United Left (Spain)|IU]]-[[Confederation of the Greens|The Greens]]'''
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 2
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 1
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 1
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 1
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 0
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 0
| bgcolor="#7CFC00" align="right" | 0
|-
| bgcolor="#FFA500" | '''[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]] / [[Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|CDS]]'''
| bgcolor="#FFC000" align="right" | 6
| bgcolor="#FFC000" align="right" | 5
| bgcolor="#FFC000" align="right" | 2
| bgcolor="#FFC000" align="right" | 0
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFC000" align="right" | 2
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" |
|-
| bgcolor="#EEEE42" | '''Agrupación Independiente por Colunga'''
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| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFF42" align="right" | 2
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
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| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
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| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
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| bgcolor="#EEEE42" | '''Electores por Colunga'''
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| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFF42" align="right" | 2
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" |
|-
| bgcolor="#1E80FF" | '''[[Asturian Renewal Union|URAS]] / [[Asturian Renewal Union|URAS]]-[[Partíu Asturianista|PAS]]'''
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#76CEFA" align="right" | 1
| bgcolor="#76CEFA" align="right" | 0
| bgcolor="#76CEFA" align="right" | 0
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
|-
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0" | '''Independents'''
| bgcolor="#D8D8D8" align="right" | 3
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
| bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align="right" | 
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| '''''Total'''''
| align="right" | '''''13'''''
| align="right" | '''''13'''''
| align="right" | '''''13'''''
| align="right" | '''''13'''''
| align="right" | '''''13'''''
| align="right" | '''''11'''''
| align="right" | '''''11'''''
| align="right" | '''''11'''''
| align="right" | '''''11'''''
| align="right" | '''''11'''''
|}

==Parishes==
{| border=0
|
*[[Carrandi]]
*[[Colunga (parish)|Colunga]]
*[[Gobiendes]]
*[[La Isla (Colunga)|La Isla]]
*[[La Llera]]
*[[La Riera (Colunga)|La Riera]]
*[[Lastres|Llastres]]
||
*[[Libardón|Lliberdón]]
*[[Lue (Colunga)|Llue]]
*[[Pernús]]
*[[Pivierda]]
*[[Sales (Colunga)|Sales]]
*[[San Juan de Duz|San Xuan de Duz]]
|}

===Parish of Colunga===
The capital of the municipality is the parish with the same name. Its population is 1,132 ([[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]] 2007) and it is divided in five villages: Cimavilla, El Ferreru, Friera, Loreto and El Sorriberu.

== Demography ==
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==Anchovy beaching incident==
On September 29, 2006, millions of [[anchovy|anchovies]], constituting a weight of over three tons, beached themselves near Colunga. Tests on the dead fish did not detect any toxic chemical that could have caused the beaching, and the current working theory is that the shoal beached itself trying to escape from "hungry dolphins or tuna." If the beached specimens had grown to maturity, it would have been more than "100 tons of potential breeders."<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060930/ap_on_sc/spain_beached_anchovies Millions of anchovies die on Spain beach] AP, Sept. 29th, 2006</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Iglesia de Santa María de Sabada.jpg|Church of Santa María de Sabada
File:Iglesia de Santiago (Gobiendes).jpg|[[Pre-Romanesque]] Church of Santiago de Gobiendes
File:Palacio de Gobiendes - 7.jpg|Palace of Gobiendes
File:Torre del Reloj (Lastres).jpg|Clock tower in Lastres, Colunga
File:Aytocolunga.jpg|Colunga's Town Hall
File:MUJA-Tyrannosaurus.JPG|[[Jurassic Museum of Asturias]]
File:Costadinosaurios.JPG|The Dinosaur Coast
</gallery>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

== References ==
*Populationsdata [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]]
*Postalcodes [http://codigo-postal.info/asturias?needle=Colunga]
*Altitdude [[Google Earth]]

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[http://www.llastres.com www.llastres.com {{!}} foros de lastres] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051125072343/http://www.facc.info/CONCEJOS/Colunga.htm Federación Asturiana de Concejos] {{in lang|es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060623231355/http://www.buscolu.tk/ Portal sobre el concejo] {{in lang|es}}
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060903124516/http://www.el-caminoreal.com/concejos/oriente/colunga/rutas.html 14 rutas por colunga]}} {{in lang|es}}

{{Parishes in Colunga}}
{{Municipalities of Asturias}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities in Asturias]]
[[Category:Parishes in Colunga|*]]