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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Corvera de Asturias
| settlement_type        = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]
| official_name          = Corvera de Asturias<!-- if different from name -->
| native_name            = {{native name|ast|Corvera}}
| image_skyline          = Molleda.JPG
| image_alt              =
| image_caption          = View of El Molín, one of the neighbourhood of the parish of Molleda, Corvera d'Asturies).
| image_flag             = Corvera flag.svg
| image_shield           = Escudo de Corvera de Asturias.svg
| flag_size = 150 | shield_size = 75
| nickname               =
| motto                  =
| image_map              = Corvera_Asturies_map.svg
| map_caption            =
| pushpin_map            = Spain
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Spain
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = {{flag|Spain}}
| 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      = [[Avilés (Asturian comarca)|Avilés]]
| subdivision_type4      = [[Judicial districts of Spain|Judicial district]]
| subdivision_name4      = Avilés
| seat_type              = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| seat                   = Nubledo
| coordinates            = {{coord|43|30|N|5|54|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes  =
| elevation_m            =
| elevation_min_m        =
| elevation_max_m        = 362 <!-- Prieto, -->
| area_footnotes         =
| area_total_km2         = 46.01
| established_title      = <!-- Founded -->
| established_date       =
| population_as_of       = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
| population_footnotes   = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total       = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_demonym     = corverano, corverana
| population_note        =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| blank_name_sec1        = [[Languages of Spain|Official language(s)]]
| blank_info_sec1        =
| timezone               = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset             = +1
| timezone_DST           = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST         = +2
| postal_code_type       = [[List of postal codes in Spain|Postal code]]
| postal_code            = 33404 (Los Campos and Las Vegas) and 33416
| area_code_type         = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Dialing code]]
| area_code              = 
| leader_title           = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_name            = [[Iván Fernández García]] 
| leader_party           = [[PSOE]]
| website                = www.ayto-corvera.es
| footnotes              =
}}

'''Corvera de Asturias''' ([[Asturian language|Asturian]]: ''Corvera'') is a [[municipality]] in the principality of [[Asturias]] in northern Spain. It shares a boundary to the north with [[Avilés]] and [[Gozón]]; to the east with [[Carreño]] and [[Gijón]]; to the south with [[Llanera, Asturias|Llanera]] and [[Illas]] and to the west with [[Castrillón]]. Its capital, Nubledo, has a population of more than 300 residents.

Corvera is the most eastern of the four counties forming the Great County of Aviles. It is situated in the northern-central area of the Principality of [[Asturias]]. It is {{convert|45.48|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} in size and has a population of over 16,000 residents, mainly concentrated in the villages of Las Vegas and [[Los Campos]]. The main roads to get there are AS-19, AS-17 and A-8. The A-8 proceeds to [[Tabaza]] (Carreño) and the shopping centre Parque Astur.

==History==
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{{Historical populations
| 1991| 17167
| 1996| 16502
| 2001| 15885
| 2004| 15924
| 2007| 15723
}}
}}
The history of Corvera is linked to the history of Avilés, being a natural extension of it proceeding inland.

Several prehistorical settlements have been found in the county. The most interesting are those belonging to the [[Astures]]. They left their traces in two "castros" (fortified villages) that have not been excavated yet: Pico Castiello in [[Molleda]] and Castiellu in Camina, [[Solís]]. These "castros" were most probably used by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], and we have some traces of their presence there, some of them so important as the Estela Antropomorfa de Molleda (human-shaped figure), nowadays can be seen in the [[Archaeological Museum of Asturias]].In the 10th century the villages of the county of Aviles became together to form an only geographical entity known as the "Alfoz de Gauzzone"; but it is not until the year 1120 that we find the first written references to the county of Corvera in the Liber Testamentorum. In the 15th century, Corvera already appears as a county, independent of Aviles.

In the 19th century, the landscape of the area was mainly agricultural. The population centres were villages with a certain prestige in which we can still see palaces and [[Indiano]] houses. In the mid 20th century the iron and steel industry starts functioning in Avilés and the old rural centres begin to shelter the thousands of immigrants working for ENSIDESA (current [[Arcelor]] modifying the aspect of the county, due to the building of new districts near the factories, such as Tresona and Les Vegues.

== Government ==

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! colspan="11" width="600px" bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |{{center|'''Municipal elections'''}}
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| '''Party/List'''
| align="right" | '''1979'''
| align="right" | '''1983'''
| align="right" | '''1987'''<ref name="mir">{{Cite web |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/ |title=Dirección General de Política Interior |access-date=2017-12-19 |archive-date=2020-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114002121/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/min/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| align="right" | '''1991'''<ref name="mir" />
| align="right" | '''1995'''<ref name="mir" />
| align="right" | '''1999'''<ref name="mir" />
| align="right" | '''2003'''<ref name="mir" />
| align="right" | '''2007'''<ref name="mir" />
| align="right" | '''2011'''<ref>[http://elecciones.mir.es/resultados2011/99MU/DMU0333902099_L1.htm?d=0&e=342 Elecciones Locales 2011]</ref>
| align="right" | '''2015'''<ref>[http://elecciones.mir.es/resultadoslocales2015/99MU/DMU0333902099_L1.htm?d=320 Elecciones Locales 2015]</ref>
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| bgcolor="#FF4500" | '''[[Asturian Socialist Federation|<span style="color:white">FSA-PSOE</span>]]'''
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| bgcolor="#32CD32" | '''[[Partido Comunista de España|<span style="color:white">PCE</span>]] / [[United Left of Asturias|<span style="color:white">IU</span>]]-[[Bloque por Asturies|<span style="color:white">BA</span>]] / <span style="color:white">IU-</span>[[Confederation of the Greens|<span style="color:white">The Greens</span>]]'''
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| bgcolor="#1E90FF" | '''[[People's Alliance (Spain)|<span style="color:white">AP</span>]] / [[People's Party (Spain)|<span style="color:white">PP</span>]]'''
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| bgcolor="#EEEE42" | '''{{tooltip|USPC|Social Progressive Union of Corvera}}'''
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| bgcolor="#1E80FF" | '''[[Asturias Forum|<span style="color:white">FAC</span>]]'''
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| bgcolor="#1E80FF" | '''[[Asturian Renewal Union|<span style="color:white">URAS</span>]] / <span style="color:white">URAS</span>-[[Partíu Asturianista|<span style="color:white">PAS</span>]]'''
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| bgcolor="#EEEE42" | '''{{tooltip|CIAINCO|Our Compromise With The People Candidacy}}'''
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| bgcolor="#69235F" | '''[[Podemos Asturias|<span style="color:white">Somos</span>]]'''
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== Industries ==
* Steel plant of [[Aceralia]] between [[Avilés]] and Corvera of Asturias.
* Chemical plant of [[DuPont (1802–2017)|Du Pont]].
* Chemical plant of [[Fertiberia]].

== Parishes ==
The area of Corvera comprises seven [[Parish (administrative division)|parishes (administrative divisions)]]:
{|
|-
| valign="top" |
#[[Trasona]]
#[[Las Vegas (Corvera)|Las Vegas]]
#[[Los Campos (Corvera)|Los Campos]]
#[[Villa (Corvera)|Villa]]
#[[Molleda]]
#[[Cancienes]]
#[[Solís (Corvera)|Solís]]
| valign="top" | [[Image:Map corvera parroquies.svg|right|300px]]
|}

== Partnerships ==
*[[Praia]] ({{CPV}})
*[[Sal, Cape Verde|Sal]] ({{CPV}})
*[[Arroyo Naranjo, Cuba|Arroyo Naranjo]] ({{CUB}})
*[[Maldonado, Uruguay|Maldonado]] ({{URU}})
==See also==
* [[List of municipalities in Asturias]]

==References==
<references />
*Populationsdata [[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]]
*[http://codigo-postal.info/asturias?needle=Corvera Postal codes]
*Altitude [[Google Earth]]

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040924132853/http://www.ayto-corvera.es/ Municipality of Corvera de Asturias (in Spanish)]

{{Parishes in Corvera de Asturias}}
{{Municipalities of Asturias}}

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