Mansilla de las Mulas

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Mansilla de las Mulas municipality
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Mansilla de las Mulas (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Leon
Coordinates 42 ° 30 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 30 ′  N , 5 ° 25 ′  W
Area : 35.36 km²
Residents : 1,733 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 49.01 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 24210
Municipality number  ( INE ): 24094
administration
Mayor : María de la Paz Díez Martínez ( PP )
Website : www.ayto-mansilla.org

Mansilla de las Mulas ( Lancia in Roman antiquity ) is a place on the Camino de Santiago in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Demographics

Population development
1991 1996 2001 2004 2006
1735 1785 1754 1811 1973

Attractions

Pilgrim memorial and old city walls of Mansilla
  • Convento San Agustín. The Museo Etnográfico de León was established in the former Augustinian monastery by resolution of the provincial parliament.

Fiestas

  • Pilgrimage to the Virgen de Gracia. 1st Sunday in September: two trains start at 8 a.m., one from the church Iglesia del Mercado in León, one in Vilamoros de Mansilla , both meet at the chapel of the Virgen de Gracia for mass, followed by folklore performances themed around the Group Virgen de Gracia.
  • Virgen de Gracia ( Patronage Festival ), 2nd Sunday of September.

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Fer., Draftsman of the Spanish satirical magazine " El Jueves "

literature

  • Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .

Web links

Commons : Mansilla de las Mulas  - 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).
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