Riaño

Riaño (Nuevo Riaño. En leonés Riañu) es un municipio y localidad de la provincia de León, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León (España) situado al noreste de la misma, a los pies de la Cordillera Cantábrica cerca de los Picos de Europa, a 1.148 m de altitud. Se encuentra a 91 km de la capital provincial y cuenta con una población de 512 habitantes (INE 2012), conocidos por el gentilicio de riañeses, con una extensión de 97,63 km². También forman parte del municipio los pueblos de Horcadas y Carande.

Riaño (Riañu, in Leonese dialect), is a former small municipality located along the Esla River in the mountains of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, northern Spain. The village was across the river from Peak Gilbo. Located 1153 feet above sea level, it is in the Cantabrian mountains near the foothills of the Picos de Europe. Due to planned construction of a dam and reservoir in the 1980s, for flood control and generation of hydroelectric power, the village and its lowlying farmland were to be submerged, as were six other villages in the associated dam project. The residents were relocated to New Riaño, built as a replacement higher above the reservoir waters. In 2010 the village had 532 residents.