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Caso
Casu

(In detail) (In detail)
Principality of Asturias
Demonym  • Spanish	Casín
Capital	Campo de Caso
Coordinates
Judicial district	Laviana
Parishes	10
Population (2005)  • Total  • Density  • % of Asturias	Rank: 49 1,997 inhabitants 5.93 people/km² 0.18 %
Area  • Total  • % of Asturias	Rank: 6 337 km² 3.18 %
Highest point	La Rapaína 2,022 m
Postcode	33990 to 33999
Mayor	Elías Rodríguez Lozano (IU)
Town council
Political parties
Website	http://www.ayto-caso.es

Caso (Asturian: Casu) is a municipality in the Principality of Asturias. It shares a boundary to the North with Piloña; to the East with Ponga; to the South with León and to the West with Sobrescobio and Laviana.

Most of the inhabitants of Caso live in the Nalón Valley, on which the largest town is the capital Campo de Caso. The town is divided in two neighbourhoods: Arrobio (El Arrobiu) and Barrio (El Barru).

The Municipalities of Caso and Sobrescobio together constitute the Redes Natural Park, designated by the UNESCO such as Biosphere Reserve. The Natural Monument of the Cueva Deboyu (the Nalón River passes through a cave in the mountain) is also located in Caso. Caso is famous for its landscape, european beech forests, wood handcraft and its cheese, that is called casín.

In the past, most of Caso's people worked in coal mining and livestock farming. Nowadays, tourism has becomed one of the more important activities in Caso, but farming is still the most relevant.

The Dam of Tanes provides electric energy and drinking water to the central part of Asturias.

Contents 1 Access 2 Parishes of Caso 3 Representative Fauna 4 Representative Flora 5 Feasts 6 Tourist Atracttions 7 External links

The AS-17 (Avilés - Pass of Tarna) road is the easiest form to reach Caso from Oviedo or Gijón. The AS-254 (Campo de Caso - Infiesto) road connects Caso with Piloña and the N-634 road. Caso and León are connected by the Pass of Tarna. The nearest train station is located in Pola de Laviana.

Bueres Caleao Campo De Caso Coballes Felguerina

Orlé Sobrecastiello Tanes Tarna Tozo

• Brown Bear
• Capercaillie
• Red Deer
• Wolf
• Boar
• Chamois
• Roe Deer
• Golden Eagle
• Griffon Vulture
• Fallow Deer
• Trout

• European Beech
• Holly
• Oak
• Yew
• Birch
• Chestnut

• 24th June, Saint John the Baptist, Campo de Caso
• 25th July, Saint James the Great, Bueres
• 8th August, Harvester's Feast, Caleao
• Last weekend of August, Casín Cheese's Contest, Collada de Arnicio (Govezanes)
• 8th October, Cattle Market and Contest, Campo de Caso

• Museo de la Madera y la Madreña (wood handcraft museum), Beneros
• Redes Visitor Centre, Campo de Caso
• Arrudos Defile, Caleao
• Deboyu Cave, Campo de Caso
• Mongayu Cascades, Tarna
• Brañagallones (a sort of beautiful shepherd's huts in the mountain), Bezanes
• Pandu Quarter (traditional asturian architecture), Campo de Caso
• Santa Maria la Real Church (XVI Century), Tanes
• Santa Cruz de la Real Church (Baroque altarpiece), Caleao

• Official site of the Municipality of Caso (Spanish)
• Information about the Redes Natural Park (in English)
• Official site of the Redes Natural Park (Spanish)

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