Cangas de Onís

Infobox_Asturian municipality


coat of arms= Escudo cangas de onis.gif


othername= Cangues d'Onís
demonym Spanish = Cangués
capital= Cangas de Onís
coordinates = coord|43|21|N|5|8|W
judicial district= Cangas de Onís
parishes= 11
year= 2005
population= 6,574
population rank= 25
population percentage = 0.61
density= 31.30
area= 210
area rank= 16
area percentage = 1.98
highest point= Peña Santa 2,478
postcode= 33547 to 33559
mayor= Alfredo García Álvarez
party= PSOE
website= http://www.cangasdeonis.com

Cangas de Onís (Asturian: Cangues d'Onís) is a municipality in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of Asturias in the northwest of Spain. The capital of the municipality is also Cangas de Onís.

More than seventy square kilometres of the "concejo" form part of the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa. Within the park is the village of Covadonga, where the battle of Covadonga (about 722), the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia, marks the starting-point of the Reconquista.

Until 774, Cangas de Onís was the capital of the Kingdom of Asturias.

External links

* [http://www.infocangasdeonis.com Guía turística] es icon
* [http://www.cangasdeonis.com www.cangasdeonis.com] es icon
* [http://www.cangasdeonisycovadonga.com Cangas de Onís] es icon
* [http://www.casaspron.com Casa Rural] es icon
* [http://www.llanes.as/guia/vec/vec03.htm Cangas de Onís]