Villares de Órbigo
| Villares de Órbigo 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 : | Astorga | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 28 ′ N , 5 ° 54 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 828 msnm | ||
| Area : | 26.04 km² | ||
| Residents : | 611 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 23.46 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 24224 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 24224 | ||
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| Mayor : | Jesús Serafín Merino Tejedo ( PSOE , 2003) |
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| Website : | www.villaresdeorbigo.org | ||
Villares de Órbigo is a small town on the Camino de Santiago in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León .
The parish church of the village is dedicated to the apostle Jacob , whose figure in the representation as Matamoros ( Moors slayer ) is the center of the altar.
The most important branch of the village is agriculture. The proximity to the Río Órbigo allows irrigation of the cultivated areas, where mainly garlic, onions, leeks and peppers can be found.
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
Web links
Commons : Villares de Órbigo - 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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