El Forcón
El Forcón is a hamlet in Castrillón Municipality, Asturias and has about 61 residents. El Forcón is situated nearby to the hamlet Les Pedreres, as well as near La Granda.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre and Cementerio Municipal de La Carriona.
Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre
Arts center
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The Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre (Spanish: Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer, is a cultural centre located in the city of Avilés, in Spain. Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre is situated 4 km northeast of El Forcón.
Cementerio Municipal de La Carriona
Cemetery
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Cementerio Municipal de La Carriona is a cemetery.
Piedrasblancas train station
Railway station
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Piedrasblancas train station is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km northwest of El Forcón.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piedrasblancas and Versalles.
Piedrasblancas
Piedrasblancas is a town in Asturias 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.Versalles
Suburb
Avilés is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than 140 metres. Versalles is situated 3½ km east of El Forcón.
Avilés
Photo: SurfAst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Avilés is a post-industrial city in Asturias in northwest Spain. With a population of 76,000 in 2024, it's best known for the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre.
El Forcón
- Type: Hamlet with 61 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Castrillón Municipality, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.53823° or 43° 32′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.95799° or 5° 57′ 29″ westPopulation
61Open location code
8CMPG2QR+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 13202487769OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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