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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Cangas de Onís
| settlement_type         = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]
| official_name           = <!-- if different from name -->
| native_name             = ''Cangues d'Onís''
| image_skyline           = Roman bridge at Cangas 1 com.jpg
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| image_caption           = The hump-backed "Roman Bridge" on the [[Sella River]]
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| subdivision_type        = Country
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| subdivision_type1       = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_name1       = {{flag|Asturias}}
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Asturias]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Comarcas of Spain|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Oriente (comarca)|Oriente]]
| subdivision_type4       = [[Judicial districts of Spain|Judicial district]]
| subdivision_name4       = Cangas de Onís
| seat_type               = Capital
| seat                    = Cangas de Onís
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| elevation_max_m         = 2478 <!-- Peña Santa  -->
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| area_total_km2          = 212.75
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| timezone                = [[Central European Time|CET]]
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| utc_offset_DST          = +2
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes in Spain|Postal code]]
| postal_code             = 33547 to 33559
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Dialing code]]
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| leader_title            = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_name             = Jose Manuel González Castro 
| leader_party            = [[People's Party (Spain)|PP]]
| website                 = {{official website|https://www.cangasdeonis.es/}}
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'''Cangas de Onís''' ([[Asturian language|Asturian]]: ''Cangues d'Onís'' "valleys of [[Onís]]"<ref>''[[:wikt:canga#Asturian|Canga]]'' (plural ''cangues'') is an Asturian word for "valley, canyon".</ref>) 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 ''conceyu'' form part of the [[Picos de Europa|Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa]].

==History==
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 [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberia]] after the [[Islamic conquest of Spain|Islamic conquest]], marks the starting-point of the [[Reconquista]]. 
Cangas de Onís is the site of the first church constructed in post-conquest Iberia, [[Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís]] (737), built on an ancient [[dolmen]].
Cangas de Onís is also very known for being the first capital of the Kingdom of Asturias.
A parish named Cangas de Onís is attested for the 14th century. The stone bridge across the Sella River was built in the 14th or 15th century.

Cangas de Onís was represented in the Junta General of the principality of Asturias in 1504.
Covadonga began to be developed as a pilgrimage site in the 16th century, attracting commerce.
The settlement of Cangas de Onís grew rapidly in the mid 19th century.
A [[Meteorite falls|meteorite fall]] is recorded for the year 1866.

Cangas de Onís/Cangues d'Onís was bombarded several times in the [[Spanish Civil War]].
It served as the seat of the  Regional Council in the "pre-autonomous regime" of 1978&ndash;1981 prior to the entering into force of the 
[[Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias]] on 31 January 1982.

==Vegetation==
Given its varied height it has many types of plants, including many mountain shrubs, heather; oak, have and ash trees, rounded by grassland and copes.

==Economy==
The main economic activities of this region are agriculture and cattle rearing along with rural tourism. The nearby Covadonga Sanctuary and its surrounding lakes are one of the main tourist destinations in Asturias.

==Parishes==
Cangas de Onís is divided in eleven parishes:
* [[Abamia]]
* Cangas de Onís
* [[Con (Cangas de Onís)|Con]]
* [[Covadonga]]
* [[Grazanes]]
* [[Labra (Cangas de Onís)|Labra]]
* [[Margolles]]
* [[La Riera, Cangas de Onís|La Riera]]
* [[Triongo]]
* [[Villanueva (Cangas de Onís)|Villanueva]]
* [[Zardón]]

The capital of the municipality is the parish of '''Cangas de Onís'''. It is {{convert|27.22|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} in size with a population of 4,326 ([http://www.ine.es/ INE] 2005). The postal code is 33550 and is divided in several villages:

* Cañu
* Cabielles
* Cangues
* Cardes
* Celangu
* Ḥelgueres
* Llueves
* Ñarciandi
* Ñeda
* Onao
* Següencu
* Torió
* Tornín

==Notable people==
* [[Berta Piñán]] (born 1963), writer, politician
* [[Benjamina Miyar]] (1888–1961) Spanish photographer, watchmaker and member of the Spanish anti-fascist resistance

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Cangas de Onís. Puente sobre el Sella 2.jpg|13th century bridge over Rio Sella
File:Estatua de Don Pelayo en Covadonga, Asturias.jpg|Statue of the King [[Pelagius of Asturias|Pelayo]]
File:Cangas de Onís 05.jpg|Cangas town hall
File:EnolLake.jpg|[[Lake Enol|Enol Lake at Covadonga]]
File:Covadonga - Cueva santa y cascada.jpg|[[Santa Cueva de Covadonga|''Holy Cave'' of Covadonga]]
File:Monasterio de San Pedro de Villanueva - Iglesia02.jpg|[[Monastery of San Pedro de Villanueva|Monastery of San Pedro de Villanueva (12th century)]] - Church
File:Lateral iglesia santa cruz c onis.jpg|[[Church of Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís|Church of Santa Cruz]] - Lateral side
File:Capilla de Santo Medero (Isongo) - 04.jpg|[[Capilla de Santo Medero (Isongo)|Chapel of Santo Medero]]
File:Cangas de Onís - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y Monumento a Don Pelayo 2.jpg|Cangas church
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[List of municipalities in Asturias]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{EB1911 poster|Cangas de Onís}}
* [http://www.infocangasdeonis.com Guía turística] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.cangasdeonis.com www.cangasdeonis.com] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.cangasdeonisycovadonga.com  Cangas de Onís] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.casaspron.com Casa Rural] {{in lang|es}}
* [http://www.llanes.as/guia/vec/vec03.htm Cangas de Onís]

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[[Category:Picos de Europa]]
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