Soto del Barco
Soto del Barco (Asturian: Sotu'l Barcu) is a small, coastal municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is located on the banks of the mouth of the Nalón and along the Cantabrian coast. After the Roman occupation of Iberia, a fort, which had been constructed in the area in order to defend the mouth of the Nalón, was either restored or reconstructed by Alfonso III; this fort is still standing and is known as the Castillo de San Martín.
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Soto del Barco (Asturian: Sotu'l Barcu) is a small, coastal municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is located on the banks of the mouth of the Nalón and along the Cantabrian coast. After the Roman occupation of Iberia, a fort, which had been constructed in the area in order to defend the mouth of the Nalón, was either restored or reconstructed by Alfonso III; this fort is still standing and is known as the Castillo de San Martín.
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Until 1836, Soto del Barco fell under the municipality of Pravia; it became independent on 29 December. Its population reached its peak at over 6,000 in the 1960s; due to the weakening of the local fishing and canning industries, the population has fallen markedly since that decade. The service and tourism industries are now the largest in the municipality.
Fragment 0028c1 of the National Topographic Map of Spain in 2014 at a scale of 1:25000 printed and scanned with a resolution of 250 ppi. It shows Pravia.
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Fragment 0028c1 of the National Topographic Map of Spain in 2010 at a scale of 1:25000 printed and scanned with a resolution of 250 ppi. It shows Pravia.
Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica · Instituto Geográfico Nacional (archived version)
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Key facts
• Name — Soto del Barco • Type — Municipality • Native Name — Sotu'l Barcu (Asturian) • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Spain • Subdivision Type1 — Autonomous community • Subdivision Name1 — Asturias • Subdivision Type2 — Province • Subdivision Name2 — Asturias • Subdivision Type3 — Judicial district • Subdivision Name3 — Pravia • Seat Type — Capital • Seat — Soto • Elevation Max M — 131 • Area Total Km2 — 8.09 • Population As Of — 2023 • Population Total — 3818 • Population Demonym — murense • Population Density Km2 — auto • Custom Label Sec1 — Official language(s) • Time Zone — CET • Utc Offset — +1 • Time Zone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 33138 • Area Code Type — Dialing code • Leader Title — Alcalde • Leader Name — María del Carmen Arango Sánchez • Leader Party — PSOE
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• Illustration — Castillo de San Martín • Illustration — Los Quebrantos Beach
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