Avilés

Avilés is a post-industrial city in in northwest Spain. With a population of 76,000 in 2024, it's best known for the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre.
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  • Type: Town with 70,800 residents
  • Description: city and municipality (concejo) in Asturias, Spain
  • Also known as: “Aviles”
  • Postal codes: 33400-33405, 33410, 33414, 33416, 33460, and 33490

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre and Palacio Valdés Theatre.

Arts center
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The (Spanish: Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer, is a cultural centre located in the city of Avilés, in Spain.

Theater building
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The is located in Avilés, Principality of Asturias in Northern Spain. The building was designed by the architect Manuel del Busto at the beginnings of the 20th century.

Stadium
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The is a multi-use stadium located in Avilés, , . It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of Real Avilés.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piedrasblancas and Salinas.

is a town in near the north coast of Spain. With a population of 9200 in 2024, it was historically a mining district but is now mostly a commuter town for nearby cities.

Suburb
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is one of eight parishes in , a municipality within the province and autonomous community of , in northern . The population is 4,635. is situated 3½ km northwest of Avilés.

Village
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is one of seven parishes in the municipality, within the province and autonomous community of , in northern . Its population is 2,103. is situated 3½ km east of Avilés.

Avilés

Latitude
43.5554° or 43° 33′ 20″ north
Longitude
-5.9222° or 5° 55′ 20″ west
Population
70,800
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ES AVS
Open location code
8CMPH34H+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26517895
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3129135
Wiki­data ID
Q14649
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Avilés” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Avilés”
  • Arabic: “أفيليس”
  • Aragonese: “Avilés”
  • Armenian: “Ավիլես”
  • Asturian: “Avilés”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aviles”
  • Basque: “Avilés”
  • Belarusian: “Авілес”
  • Breton: “Avilés”
  • Catalan: “Avilés”
  • Cebuano: “Avilés (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Avilés”
  • Chechen: “Авилес”
  • Chinese: “Avilés”
  • Chinese: “阿維萊斯”
  • Chinese: “阿维莱斯”
  • Czech: “Avilés”
  • Danish: “Avilés”
  • Dutch: “Avilés”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “افيليس”
  • Esperanto: “Avileso”
  • Finnish: “Avilés”
  • French: “Avilés”
  • Galician: “Avilés”
  • Georgian: “ავილესი”
  • German: “Avilés”
  • Greek: “Αβιλές”
  • Hebrew: “אבילס”
  • Hungarian: “Avilés”
  • Interlingua: “Avilés”
  • Interlingue: “Avilés”
  • Irish: “Avilés”
  • Italian: “Avilés”
  • Japanese: “アビレス”
  • Korean: “아빌레스”
  • Ladin: “Avilés”
  • Latvian: “Avilesa”
  • Lithuanian: “Avilesas”
  • Lombard: “Avilés”
  • Luxembourgish: “Avilés”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Avilés”
  • Malagasy: “Avilés”
  • Malay: “Avilés”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Avilés”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Avilés”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Avilés”
  • Norwegian: “Avilés”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Avilés”
  • Ossetian: “Авилес”
  • Pampanga: “Avilés”
  • Persian: “آبیلس”
  • Polish: “Avilés”
  • Portuguese: “Avilés”
  • Romanian: “Avilés”
  • Russian: “Авилес”
  • Serbian: “Авилес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Avilés”
  • Silesian: “Avilés”
  • Slovak: “Avilés”
  • Slovenian: “Avilés”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آبیلس”
  • Spanish: “Aviles”
  • Spanish: “Avilés”
  • Swahili: “Avilés”
  • Swedish: “Avilés”
  • Tatar: “Авилес”
  • Turkish: “Avilés”
  • Ukrainian: “Авілес”
  • Uzbek: “Avilés”
  • Venetian: “Avilés”
  • Vietnamese: “Avilés”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Avilés”
  • Welsh: “Avilés”
  • Western Panjabi: “اویلس”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿维莱斯”
  • “Avilés”

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