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.- Type: Town with 9,180 residents
- Description: capital town of the municipality of Castrillón
- Also known as: “Piedras Blancas”
- Postal code: 33450
Places of Interest
Highlights include Piedrasblancas train station and Headframe of the mine of Arnao.
Piedrasblancas train station
Railway station
Photo: Frankgregory, CC BY 3.0.
Piedrasblancas train station is a railway station.
Iglesia de San Martín de Laspra
Church
Photo: SITOMON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iglesia de San Martín de Laspra is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avilés and Salinas.
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.
Salinas
Suburb
Photo: Carmenmoran, CC BY 4.0.
Salinas is one of eight parishes in Castrillón, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The population is 4,635.
San Martin de Laspra
Hamlet
Photo: SITOMON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Piedrasblancas
- Categories: single entity of population, municipality capital, and locality
- Location: Castrillón Municipality, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.5595° or 43° 33′ 34″ northLongitude
-5.9774° or 5° 58′ 39″ westPopulation
9,180Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)United Nations Location Code
ES PDBOpen location code
8CMPH25F+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 50863233OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Piedrasblancas” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Piedrasblancas”
- Basque: “Piedrasblancas”
- Catalan: “Piedrasblancas”
- Cebuano: “Piedrasblancas”
- Dutch: “Piedrasblancas”
- French: “Piedrasblancas”
- Galician: “Piedras Blancas”
- Galician: “Piedrasblancas”
- German: “Piedrasblancas”
- Italian: “Piedrasblancas”
- Portuguese: “Piedrasblancas”
- Spanish: “Piedras Blancas”
- Spanish: “Piedrasblancas”
- Swedish: “Piedras Blancas”
- Swedish: “Piedrasblancas”
- Welsh: “Piedrasblancas”
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