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Somió is a parish (parroquia rural in Spanish) of the municipality of Gijón / Xixón, in Asturias, Spain.

Somió
Parish
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Asturias
Province	Asturias
Municipality	Gijón
Population  (2016)
• Total	7,307

Civil parishes are the legal subdivisions of the municipalities under the current statute of autonomy of Asturias.[1]

Its population was 6,800 in 2001 and 7,441 in 2012.

Somió is a coastal and residential district which borders the municipality of Villaviciosa in the east.

Neighborhoods and places

Somió nowadays includes 10 neighborhoods (that's the reason for the flag of Somió to have a 10-pointed star):

• Fuejo
• La Pipa
• El Pisón
• La Corolla
• San Lorenzo
• Las Caserías
• La Redonda
• Fontanía-La Guía
• Fojanes
• Candanal

Beaches

Within the district, there are the following beaches:

• La Ñora
• Estaño
• Serín
• Peñarrubia (nude beach)
• El Rinconín

References

External links

• "San Julián" de Somió - Neighborhood association official website
• Official Toponyms - Principality of Asturias website.
• Official Toponyms: Laws - BOPA Nº 229 - Martes, 3 de octubre de 2006 & DECRETO 105/2006, de 20 de septiembre, por el que se determinan los topónimos oficiales del concejo de Gijón."

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