Colombres (Ribadedeva)
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Colombres is one of three parishes (administrative divisions) in Ribadedeva, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
Colombres is bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea; west of Cantabria, and the Deva River; on the south by the parish of San Juan and west by the parish of Noriega.
In 2011 the population was 1,385.[1] In 2015 it won Premio Princesa de Asturias for "Pueblo ejemplar".[2]
One of the most famous people in Colombres was Iñigo Noriega, who was born on 21 May 1853, he emigrated to Mexico with his uncle and he built a palace in his village named La Quinta de Guadalupe,[3] which is the setting for Fundación de Archivos de Indianos, a place for documents about people who emigrated to South and North America since the 19th century.[4]
Villages
- Bustio ("Bustiu")
- Colombres (capital of the municipality)
- El Peral
- Pimiango ("Pimiangu")
