Calzada del Coto
| Calzada del Coto municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Leon | ||
| Comarca : | Sahagún | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 23 ' N , 5 ° 5' W | ||
| Height : | 825 msnm | ||
| Area : | 56 km² | ||
| Residents : | 223 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 3.98 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 24031 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 24031 | ||
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| Website : | www.aytocalzada@fontun.com | ||
Calzada del Coto is a small town on the Camino de Santiago in the province of León in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León .
The name of the village can already be found in the oldest documents of the Sahagún monastery and refers to the Way of St. James ( Calzata = way, road ). There are no more traces of a hamlet called Zacharias (Villa Zacharias), which is mentioned as being connected to the place.
The village church is dedicated to St. Stephen .
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
Web links
Commons : Calzada del Coto - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
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