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Blue and Green

Environmental protection and sustainability form the backbone of the urban transformation process in which the city is currently immersed.

The recovery of Avilés Estuary, which connects the city and its industrial area with the immensity of the Cantabrian Sea, marks a milestone in its recent history. The city has managed to preserve its concept of a thousand-year-old city through the conservation of its medieval historic quarter, while embarking on the journey to modernity.  

Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre, integrated into the new structure of the estuary, represents a meeting point between the city and its green areas, its industrial area and the sea, establishing the city as one of the great cultural references of northern Spain.

Innovative Territory


Avilés Isla de la Innovación gathers internationally leading research centres, generators of knowledge, innovation and productive improvements for the surrounding industrial network.

Arcelor Mittal's Global R&D Asturias and New Frontier centres, the Steel Technology Centre (IDONIAL) and La Manzana del Acero, as a key and unique R&D&I infrastructure, establish a technological core, seen as a benchmark in the development of new materials, processes and solutions for steel-based manufacturing and processing companies.

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Steel City

Avilés is a centre of operations for leading international companies in the metal sector, exporting top quality steel and a wide range of processed products to the world.

The Port, close the city and annexed to the industrial area, operates 365 days a year as a platform for products to be shipped to the end customer.

The city combines large available industrial spaces with new areas for entrepreneurship and innovation, supporting and providing free tailor-made services to interested companies and investors.

Global Connection

Open to the Atlantic Ocean, Avilés is connected to the world by sea, land, air and high speed internet.

At the centre of Europe's eastern front, and in a privileged location on Europe's north-south route, the city overlooks America through the Atlantic corridor, giving it an unbeatable strategic position on today's major trade routes.

Talented People

Main point of a territory with 150,000 inhabitants and integrated in the metropolitan area of Asturias (850,000 inhabitants), Avilés combines its fishing tradition and deep industrial roots, with a new concept of an avant-garde, creative and entrepreneurial city, committed to new economic activities based on knowledge, research and innovation.

The University and a powerful vocational training system strongly committed to the technological challenges of the future, forge the necessary talent to face the new global challenges.

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Quality of Life

Avilés is a welcoming city to live, work and visit, perfect for the development of new projects while enjoying its excellent quality of life, its vibrant social and cultural life and its natural environment.
On the edge of the Asturian Green Coast, its stunning beaches, and just a stone's throw from the Cantabrian Mountains, Avilés has a privileged location for the enjoyment of nature and the practice of all kinds of sport activities.

With excellent public services, large green areas, museums and other cultural and sports centres, the city offers a wide range of leisure activities for everyone, making it an unbeatable place to live and enjoy, offering the best environment for the development of new ideas and objectives.

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