La Felguera
parish (parroquia) in Llangréu, Asturias, Spain
La Felguera is a parish of Langreo, and the most important district in the municipality of Langreo (Principality of Asturias) in northern Spain, with 21,000 inhabitants. It is located 18 minutes by car to Oviedo, the capital of Asturias. La Felguera is close to the Nalón River.
History
Before the 19th century, the parish was a group of small villages dedicated to livestock and agriculture.
In the 19th and first half of the 20th century, La Felguera, located in the mining region of Asturias, was one of the most important iron and steelworks centers in Spain,. In 1858, Pedro Duro founded the Felguera Factory (currently DF Group), one of the most influential coal and iron-work enterprises in Spain.
The town was the first production site in Spain for: sheet steel for shipbuilding (1887), refractory bricks (1896), railways (1868), chemical products derived from ethylene (1957) and synthetic ammonia (1925). It also had the largest blast furnace in Spain in 1943. It was also an important centers for the workers' struggle. La Felguera was declared the greatest cultural point of Europe by UNESCO in 1961.
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