The official status of Asturian in Bimenes Historical milestone · Bimenes, Oviedo, Asturias Image of Bimenes, not of the place itself. On 4 July 1997 the town council declared the Asturian language official within the concejo (municipality), the first to do so; the courts later annulled the decision, but Bimenes celebrates its Fiesta de la Oficialidá every July. 4 de julio de 1997 Photo: Javier Pérez López (CC BY 3.0) What to see and do in Bimenes