Sariego

Sariego
Municipality
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Sariego Location in Spain
Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Comarca	Oviedo
Judicial district	Siero
Capital	Vega
Government
• Alcalde	Javier Parajón (PROMUSA)
Area
• Total	25.73 km2 (9.93 sq mi)
Highest elevation	731 m (2,398 ft)
Population
• Total	1,345
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	saregano/a
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	33518

Sariego (Asturian: Sariegu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Gijón and Villaviciosa, on the east by Villaviciosa, Nava and Cabranes, on the south by Siero and Nava, and on the west by Siero. The source of the Nora River is within the municipality.

The principal holidays are that of Santiago (the weekend before July 25) and San Pedrín de la Cueva (the third Sunday in August).

The principal monuments of Sariego are the churches of Santiago el Mayor, San Román, and Santa María de Narzana, all of which are constructed in a Romanesque style. The Palacio de los Vigil Quiñones, erected in the 16th century, is also notable.

Toponymy

The decree 116/2005 of November 17, 2005, published in the December 2 Boletin Oficial del Principado de Asturias (BOPA; official bulletin of the Principality of Asturias) granted the Asturian forms of the municipal place names official status for all uses, except for Lamasanti/Llamasanti, which maintains its bilingual name. Therefore, with this exception, the Asturian names are the only ones which can appear on road signs and official maps.

Parishes

• Narzana
• San Román
• Santiago

External links

• Federación Asturiana de Concejos (Spanish)