Alar del Rey

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Alar del Rey municipality
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Alar del Rey coat of arms
Alar del Rey (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Palencia
Comarca : Montaña Palentina
Coordinates 42 ° 40 ′  N , 4 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′  N , 4 ° 19 ′  W
Height : 853  msnm
Area : 57.91 km²
Residents : 934 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 16.13 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 34480
Municipality number  ( INE ): 34005
administration
Mayor : Alberto Félix Maestro García (2007)
( PP )
Website : alardelrey.es

Alar del Rey is a place and a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) 35 km north of the Camino de Santiago in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León . It is located on the banks of the Río Burejo shortly before its confluence with the Río Pisuerga and houses the remains of a Roman fortification.

Evening panorama of Alar del Rey

In addition to the main town, the municipality also includes the three districts of Becerril del Carpio (with Barrio de Santa María , Barrio de San Pedro , La Puebla de San Vicente and Villarrodrigo ), Nogales de Pisuerga and San Quirce del Río Pisuerga .

history

Alar del Rey's origins go back to the construction of the Canal de Castilla . The place was founded in 1657 and is located at the northern end of this building.

The railroad reached the place in 1857.

During the Spanish Civil War there was a field airfield on the territory of the municipality , which was used by units of the German Condor Legion , such as parts of Jagdgruppe 88 , especially during the war in the north .

Attractions

literature

Web links

Commons : Alar del Rey  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).