Langreo


Langreo or Llangréu is a town and municipality in the Principality of Asturias in Spain. With a population of 38,265 as of 2024, it is the 4th-largest municipality of Asturias.
Langreo is located in the centre of Asturias, approximately south-east of Oviedo. It was an important mining and metallurgical center.
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History

According to a legend Langreo was the place where the Moorish governor Munuza was killed while trying to flee from Asturias at the beginning of the Reconquest. Langreo was settled by the Romans, who built a large Roman bridge that is not conserved today.
In the past, it was one of the most important mining and metallurgical points of Spain since the 18th century, and it was also well known because of workers struggles and its cultural life. The 3rd railway to be built in the Iberian Peninsula was the FC of Langreo. The Factory of La Felguera was one of the most important iron works centers in Spain, and the Langreo mines was well known in whole the country.
Because of the Spanish "Industrial Restructuring", Langreo lost its industrial importance, but today the town hosts Bayer, where 100% of the acetylsalicylic acid of the German enterprise are produced. Langreo also holds the technologies centre Valnalón.
Langreo has historic monuments like the church of San Esteban, the Quintana Tower or the Sanctuary of Carbayu. Also preserves good examples of its industrial heritage and it hosts the Siderurgy Museum Of Asturias within the old Felguera Factory, the Samuño Valley and Railway Mining Museum, and the art gallery Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo.
Langreo celebrates fiestas of San Pedro and Santiago, and special gastronomic days: Carnival Cider and Fabada.
The largest town is Langreo formed by the most important districts: La Felguera, Sama, and Riaño, Ciaño, Lada and Barros, also known as parishes.

Parishes

There are eight parishes by population:

Demographics

As of 2024, the foreign-born population is 2,592, equal to 6.8% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Colombians, Moroccans, Argentinians, Portuguese and Venezuelans.
CountryPopulation
Colombia

Notable people