Las Merindades

Las Merindades
Comarca
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCastile and León Castile and León
ProvinceFlag of Burgos Burgos
CapitalFlag of Villarcayo Villarcayo
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalityMedina de Pomar
Websitemancomunidadlasmerindades.es

Las Merindades is a comarca located north of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bounded on the north-west by the province of Cantabria, north-east by the province of Biscay, south by La Bureba, south-east by Ebro, south-west by Páramos, and on the east by the province of Álava.

History

Located in the north of the province of Burgos, the Merindades are the birthplace of the name "Castilla".[citation needed] Most of the villages of the Merindades were quoted in the 14th-century manuscript, the Becerro de Behetrias, at the moment of the creation of the merindad subdivision by Pedro of Castile.

Administrative entities

Comarcas of Burgos
  Páramos
  Alfoz de Burgos
  Odra y Pisuerga
  Arlanza
  Ribera del Duero
  Merindades
  Ebro
  La Bureba
  Montes de Oca
  Sierra de la Demanda

The capital of the comarca is Villarcayo, although the biggest town in the comarca is Medina de Pomar.

Municipalities (26)

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See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In parentheses is the number of towns and minor local entities from each municipality

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