About the municipality

  • Population: 2.307

  • Area: 46,49 km2

  • Telephone: (+34) 985 76 61 80

  • E-mail: info@ayuntamientoriosa.com
  • Local Council address: Plaza de la Constitución,1. 33160 La Vega de Riosa, Asturias

Services

Primary school (1 school)
Secondary school
Nursery school (0 – 3 years) (1 school)
Healthcare centre / Medical practice (1 facility)
Pharmacy (1 pharmacy)
Bank branch / ATMs (2 facilities)
Supermarket (1 supermarket)
Local shops (2 shops)
Petrol station
Casa de Cultura (Arts & Community Centre)
Library / Reading room (1 facility)
Sports facilities (3 facilities)
Post office (1 office)
(SDTL) Local technological promotion services
Bus
Train
Taxi
Car rental
Bike & Rollerblade rental
Campervan and Motorhome stopover
Internet connectivity
Optic fibre
5G mobile connection
Coworking facilities
Telework facilities
Business incubators
Business centres
Hotels
El Mirador del Angliru (6 double rooms); La Aldea Soñada
Rural houses
Aires del Aramo rural flats (4 apartments featuring both 1 and 2 bedrooms; Casona Sariego (2 apartments, each accommodating 4 people); Casona Angliru
Guesthouses
El Mirador del Angliru (16 bunk beds)
Cottages
Hostels
Rental housing
Public rental housing
Coliving
Camping
Mountains Angliru
Hiking trails
Recreational areas

Viapará and the one on the football pitch

Rivers Code river, Riosa river
Reservoirs Arroxines reservoir
Green spaces and forests All the foothills of the central mountain, Villamer, La Cuba, La Cuba, Felguera, Grandiella, Llamo, La Juncar, Doña Juande, Muriellos, etc.
Protected natural areas The Aramo mountain range
Lowest point of the Municipality: 254 m above sea level

Highest point of the Municipality: 1.771 m above sea level

INDOOR SPORTS (MULTI-SPORT FACILITY), HIKING, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, CYCLING
HIKING AND/OR CULTURAL ROUTES
LA ARÁ-FELGUERA RIVERSIDE TRAIL, 6 KM APPROX. || VILLAMER-LA ESPERANZA TRAIL, 4 KM APPROX. || LA RAIZ – LA FOZ TRAIL, 6 KM APPROX.
Swimming pools
Beaches
Rivers
Reservoirs
Lakes
Spa / Thermal Waters
Security level: Razonablemente Elevado
Noise pollution level Extremely low
Light pollution level Extremely low
Traffic level: Low
Air quality index (AQI): Reasonably good
Garden produce and slaughtering products, tripe and mushroom culinary festivals, Afuega’l Pitu cheese, casadielles (Asturian traditional pastry), rice pudding, cider…
Cafetería La Cafe, Cafeteria Yo qué sé, Vinoteca La Espuela (wine bar), Bar Niza, Bar Nijeres, Restaurante El Llerón, Bar El Hogar del Productor, Centro Social de La Vega (bar)
Texeo Mines, The Angliru Pass, Viapará Area, Senda de la Esperanza Viewpoint, in Villamer, Rioseco Viewpoint, old Riosa Town Hall building, in Felguera
Local festivities of patron saint Nuestra Señora del Rosario in October; Feria de Abril (April Fair), in May; temporary exhibitions in the Casa de Cultura
ASOCIACIÓN LOS DE MURIELLOS (RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION; ASOCIACIÓN GLAYIU JOVEN (YOUTH SOCIOCULTURAL ASSOCIATION); GRUPU DE MONTAÑA LLAZARANDÍN (MOUNTAIN GROUP); ASOCIACIÓN SOCIOCULTURAL BRINCATURA (SOCIOCULTURAL ASSOCIATION); AMSA – ASOCIACIÓN MICOLÓGICA SIERRA DEL ARAMO (MYCOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION); AMPA C. P. ALCALDE PRÓSPERO MARTÍNEZ SUÁREZ (PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION); ASOCIACIÓN ARCAL’A (ASOCIACIÓN RIOSANA CABANA L’ANGLIRU) (SOCIOCULTURAL ASSOCIATION); ASOCIACIÓN PEÑA EL COBRE (SOCIOCULTURAL ASSOCIATION); ASOCIACIÓN DE PESCA DEPORTIVA RIOSA Y MORCÍN (SPORT FISHING ASSOCIATION); ASOCIACIÓN CICLOTURÍSTICA ANGLIRU (CYCLO-TOURING ASSOCIATION); ASOCIACIÓN DE MUJERES CON TIEMPO PROPIO (WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION)
Food-collection campaigns and volunteer-led “sextaferias” for cleaning up forests, among other initiatives.
Riosa enjoys a pristine natural setting, offering superb air quality and a wide range of amenities for various sports and recreational activities, including cycling, hiking, rallies…
The municipality of Riosa combines its proximity to the three main urban centres of the Principality with a peaceful environment, an exceptional gastronomic offer and quality telecommunications services.

The “Olympus of the Cycling”. This is the land that gave birth to the all-powerful and feared Angliru, one of the toughest peaks, if not the toughest, of all the international cycling tours which has been the stage for unparalleled sporting feats that have put Riosa and Asturias on the world cycling map. But Riosa is not only the Angliru… it encompasses part of the Aramo Range, a rich and rugged terrain that makes it a great outdoors training camp, a mecca for all kinds of athletes, but especially cyclists.

Riosa bears in its entrails copper and cobalt reserves, which had been exploited since prehistoric times, and of course, it is one of the municipalities in central Asturias where coalfields are so fortunately found. The town of Rioseco constitutes a clear example of the borough’s mining activities, where you can still see the old copper mines.

Mountains, mining, land and water… that’s Riosa, where there’s no shortage of riverside trails, such as the one that runs from the Aramo tunnel to the village of Llamo/Ḷḷamo.