Province of Palencia

Palencia, Castile and León ,  Spain
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Capital :	Palencia
Official language :	Spanish
Area :	8,053 km²
Residents :	160,980 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	19.99 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	ES-P
Website :	dip-palencia.es
Location of the province of Palencia

The province of Palencia is a Spanish province of the autonomous region of Castile and León . The capital is Palencia . It borders the Autonomous Region of Cantabria to the north, the province of Burgos to the east, Valladolid to the south and León to the west .

The province of Palencia has 160,980 inhabitants (2019), about half of which live in the capital Palencia.

Largest communities

The province of Palencia has 191 municipalities, 11 of which have over 2000 inhabitants. As of 2019

local community	Residents
Palencia	78,412
Guardo	5,995
Aguilar de Campoo	6,744
Venta de Baños	6,360
Villamuriel de Cerrato	6,469
Saldaña	2,961
Dueñas	2,612
Cervera de Pisuerga	2,333
Herrera de Pisuerga	1,966
Carrión de los Condes	2,069
Paredes de Nava	1,885

See also : List of municipalities in the province of Palencia

Population development of the province

Web links

Commons : Province of Palencia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Diputación Palencia - Provincial Administration (Spanish)

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).