1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Piloña

PILOÑA, a town of northern Spain, in the province of Oviedo; between the right bank of the river Piloña, a left-hand tributary of the Sella, and the Sierra de Abes (3268 ft.). Pop. (1900), 18,228. Though officially classed as a town, Piloña is rather a densely populated mining and agricultural district. It is served by the railway from Infiesto, on the river Piloña, to Oviedo and Gijón.