Hospital de Órbigo
| Municipality of Hospital de Órbigo | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Leon | ||
| Comarca : | Ribera del Órbigo | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 28 ′ N , 5 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 823 msnm | ||
| Area : | 4.58 km² | ||
| Residents : | 998 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 217.9 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 24286 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 24082 | ||
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| Mayor : | José Miguel Cordón Marcos ( PSOE ) | ||
| Website : | www.hospitaldeorbigo.com | ||
Hospital de Órbigo is a municipality ( municipality ) on the Camino de Santiago in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León .
In the Middle Ages there was already a small village on the left bank of the Río Órbigo River . This village, which had formed around the church of Santa Maria, was named after the bridge Puente de Órbigo . At the end of the sixteenth century, another settlement arose on the right bank of the river near the old pilgrimage route Camino Francés . There the Sovereign Knights and Hospital Order of St. John of Jerusalem built a hospital (Spanish Hospital) and the place was named Hospital de Órbigo.
The Puente de Orbigo bridge became famous through an event during the holy year 1434, the so-called Paso Honroso of the Leonese knight Suero de Quinones.
Web links
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).
- ^ Informacion sobre Hospital de Órbigo Web del Ayuntamiento (Spanish) Retrieved October 22, 2012
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