Siero
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Siero
| settlement_type = Municipality
| official_name =
| native_name =
| image_skyline = File:Pola de Siero (Siero) - Ayuntamiento.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = The town hall at La Pola Siero
| image_flag = Siero flag.svg
| image_shield = Siero coat of arms.svg
| nickname =
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| image_map = Siero Asturies map.svg
| map_caption = Location of Siero
| pushpin_map = Spain
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Spain}}
| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Asturias}}
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Asturias
| subdivision_type3 = Comarca
| subdivision_name3 = Oviedo
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Pola de Siero
| coordinates = {{coord|43|23|N|5|39|W|type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 0
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| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 211.60
| established_title =
| established_date =
| population_as_of = 2023
| population_total = 52194
| population_demonym = sierense
| population_note =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| blank_name_sec1 = Official language(s)
| blank_info_sec1 = Asturian
| timezone = CET
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = CEST
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 33510
| area_code_type = Dialing code
| area_code =
| leader_title = Alcalde
| leader_name = Ángel García González
| leader_party = PSOE
| website = {{official website|http://www.ayto-siero.es/}}
| footnotes =
}}
Siero is a municipality of the autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. With a population of 52,194 as of 2023,{{Cite web |date=1 January 2023 |title=Nomenclátor: Población del Padrón Continuo por Unidad Poblacional a 1 de enero |url=https://www.ine.es/uc/VcwezsgIi1 |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística |language=es}} Siero is the fourth most populous municipality in Asturias. It has a total of 29 parishes, with the largest being Lugones; its capital parish is La Pola Siero. It is located centrally within Asturias, and the northernmost point of Siero is about 10 km from Asturias' largest city, Gijón, and the shores of the Cantabrian Sea.
Geography
Siero's two main rivers, which run throughout much of the municipality, are the Nora and Noreña. Geographically, meadowlands make up a majority of the area within Siero. Like many other areas near the coast in Asturias, Siero tends to have a very temperate climate. It also enclaves the municipality of Noreña.
History
The area now known as Siero has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period, especially near the current parishes of Argüelles, Lugones, and Samartindianes. The Roman conquest of Iberia extended to the municipality, as evidenced by the numerous Roman bridges left over from that period.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Historia de Siero |url=https://www.ayto-siero.es/historia-de-siero/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Ayuntamiento de Siero |language=es}}
Siero would not be referenced in writing until 905, when Alfonso III granted the church of San Martín de Siero to the Oviedo Cathedral. Other churches in the municipality were also donated to the Oviedo Cathedral throughout that century. There are also records of hospitals and leprosariums being constructed in the area 12th and 13th centuries; some of those continued operating until roughly the 18th century. On 14 August 1270, King Alfonso X granted the area its municipal charter, giving the area official recognition. Eighty years later, the region was split following the death of Alfonso XI, with Pedro I controlling Samartindianes and the rest of the region subject to Enrique II of Trastámara. Following Enrique II's ascent to the throne of Castile, he exempted Siero from taxes due to its inhabitants' support during the Castilian Civil War.
In the early 19th century, Siero was invaded multiple times by the French during the Napoleonic Wars, until the French withdrew from Asturias in 1812. Throughout 20th century, due to the growth of the coal mining industry in the region, Siero became one of the fastest growing municipalities in Asturias, more than doubling its population from the beginning of the century to the end. In modern times, the tertiary sector has become Siero's largest, with construction and dairy farming still remaining relevant.{{Cite web |title=Siero |url=https://www.facc.info/siero/ |archive-date= |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=Federación Asturiana de Concejos |language=es}}
Siero currently consists of the following 29 parishes:
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|+Parishes of Siero"[https://www.ayto-siero.es/datos-generales/ Datos Generales]". Ayuntamiento de Siero (in Spanish). 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024. |
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Politics
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! colspan="3" |Councillors distribution in local elections since 1979 |
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{{colbegin|colwidth=12.5em}} {{legend|{{party color|Somos}}|Somos|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}|PCA–PCE|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}|IU–IX|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}|PSOE|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Conceyu}}|Conceyu|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}|UCD|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Independent Party of Siero}}|PINSI|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|La Fresneda Local Platform}}|PVLF|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}|Cs|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}|CDS|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Asturias Forum}}|FAC|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}|PP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}|CP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}|AP|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{legend|{{party color|Vox (political party)}}|Vox|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Independent politician}}|Independent|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {{colend}} {{hidden end}} |
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!Election !Distribution !Mayor |
| align="center" |1979
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| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}; width:19.04%; color:white;" |4 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:42.86%; color:white;" |9 | style="background:{{party color|Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)}}; width:38.09%; color:white;" |8 |
| rowspan="4" |Manuel Marino Villa Díaz (PSOE)
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| align="center" |1983
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| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of Asturias}}; width:9.52%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:66.66%; color:white;" |14 | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}}; width:4.76%;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Coalition (Spain)}}; width:19.05%; color:white;" |4 |
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| align="center" |1987
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| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:14.29%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:47.61%; color:white;" |10 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}; width:19.05%; color:white;" |4 | style="background:{{party color|People's Alliance (Spain)}}; width:19.05%; color:white;" |4 |
|-
| align="center" |1991
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| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;" |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:14.29%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:47.61%; color:white;" |10 | style="background:{{party color|Conceyu}}; width:14.29%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)}}; width:4.76%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:19.05%; color:white;" |4 |
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| align="center" |1995
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| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;" |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:14.29%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:28.57%; color:white;" |6 | style="background:{{party color|Conceyu}}; width:9.52%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:47.61%; color:white;" |10 |
|José Aurelio Álvarez Fernández (PP)
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| align="center" |1999
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| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:9.52%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:38.09%; color:white;" |8 | style="background:{{party color|Conceyu}}; width:4.76%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:47.61%; color:white;" |10 |
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| align="center" |2003
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| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;" |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:9.52%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:38.09%; color:white;" |8 | style="background:{{party color|Conceyu}}; width:4.76%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:47.61%; color:white;" |10 |
| style="border-style: none solid none solid;" |Juan José Corrales Montequín (PSOE)
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| rowspan="2" align="center" |2007
| rowspan="2" |
| style="width:45em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;" |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:4.76%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:38.09%; color:white;" |8 | style="background:{{party color|Conceyu}}; width:4.76%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|Independent Party of Siero}}; width:9.52%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|La Fresneda Local Platform}}; width:4.76%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:38.09%; color:white;" |8 |
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|José Antonio Noval Cueto (PP)
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| rowspan="2" align="center" |2011
| rowspan="2" |
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| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:12%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:28%; color:white;" |7 | style="background:{{party color|Conceyu}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|La Fresneda Local Platform}}; width:8%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:24%; color:white;" |6 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:24%; color:white;" |6 |
|Guillermo Martínez Suárez (PSOE)
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|Eduardo Martínez Llosa (Foro)
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| align="center" |2015
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| style="width:53.57em; font-size:85%; text-align:center; font-family:Courier New;" |
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| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:12%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Somos}}; width:16%; color:white;" |4 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:28%; color:white;" |7 | style="background:{{party color|Independent Party of Siero}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|La Fresneda Local Platform}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:20%; color:white;" |5 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:12%; color:white;" |3 |
| rowspan="2" |Ángel García González (PSOE)
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| align="center" |2019
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| style="font-weight:bold"
| style="background:{{party color|United Left of Asturias}}; width:12%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Somos}}; width:8%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|Asturian Socialist Federation}}; width:48%; color:white;" |12 | style="background:{{party color|La Fresneda Local Platform}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}}; width:8%; color:white;" |2 | style="background:{{party color|Asturias Forum}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 | style="background:{{party color|People's Party of Asturias}}; width:12%; color:white;" |3 | style="background:{{party color|Vox (political party)}}; width:4%; color:white;" |1 |
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References
External links
- {{cite EB1911|wstitle=Siero |volume=25 |short=x}}
- [http://www.ayto-siero.es/ Concejo de Siero]
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