Candás

Candás is a small fishing village in Asturias, the north of Spain. It is one of 12 parishes in , a municipality within the province and autonomous community of , in northern .
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  • Type: Town with 6,560 residents
  • Description: parish in Asturias, Spain
  • Also known as: Candas” and “Carreño
  • Postal codes: 33430, 33438, 33439, 33469, 33491, and 33492

Places of Interest

Highlights include Faro de Candás and Candás Apeaderu.

Lighthouse
is a lighthouse.

Railway stop
Photo: Xuliu Pombar, CC0.
is a railway stop.

Railway stop
Photo: Xuliu Pombar, CC0.
is a railway stop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luanco and Aboño.

Photo: Amfeli, CC BY 4.0.
The fishing village of is a coastal town, with a beach, in province in northern . It has an interesting historic centre, and beautiful beaches washed by the Bay of Biscay.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southeast of Candás.

Suburb
or Xove is one of the twenty-six parishes within the municipality of , in Asturias, Spain, part of the West district of the city. Previously to be integrated in , Roces was one of the historical parishes of the city. is situated 7 km southeast of Candás.

Candás

Latitude
43.59006° or 43° 35′ 24″ north
Longitude
-5.76419° or 5° 45′ 51″ west
Population
6,560
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
ES CAO and ES DAS
Open location code
8CMPH6RP+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30413644
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3126633
Wiki­data ID
Q5008805
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Candás” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Կանդաս
  • Asturian: Candás
  • Basque: Candás (Carreño)
  • Basque: Candás
  • Catalan: Candás
  • Cebuano: Candás
  • Dutch: Candás
  • Galician: Candás, Asturias
  • Galician: Candás
  • German: Candas
  • German: Candás
  • Hebrew: קנדאס
  • Italian: Candás
  • Japanese: カンダス
  • Latvian: Candás
  • Latvian: Kandasa
  • Macedonian: Кандас
  • Portuguese: Candás
  • Russian: Кандас
  • Spanish: Candás (Carreño)
  • Spanish: Candas
  • Spanish: Candás
  • Swedish: Candás

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Highlights include Policía Local de Carreño and Plaza de Santolaya.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Candás”. Photo: Astur, Public domain.