Vallejo de Orbó
| Brañosera municipality: Vallejo de Orbó | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Palencia | ||
| Comarca : | Montaña Palentina | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 53 ′ N , 4 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 1040 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 73 (2012) INE | ||
| Postal code : | 3489 | ||
| Area code: | 34036000500 | ||
Vallejo de Orbó is a Spanish town in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León . Vallejo de Orbó belongs to Brañosera , it is located four kilometers southeast of the main town of the municipality. Vallejo de Orbó can be reached from the PP-2251 road.
history
Vallejo de Orbó was built at the beginning of the 20th century as a settlement of the miners, then called Colonia Obrera de las Minas de Orbó . At its heyday, the place had around 2000 residents. In 1954, Vallejo de Orbó was split off from Orbó and established as an independent municipality (municipio) under its current name.
Attractions
- Parish church, built in the neo-Romanesque style
literature
- César del Valle Barreda: Antigua Merindad de Aguilar de Campoo . Fundación Santa María la Real , Aguilar de Campoo 2009, ISBN 978-84-89483-55-2 , pp. 75-76.
Web links
- Description from the municipality of Brañosera (Spanish, accessed August 13, 2013)