La Bañeza
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La Bañeza is a municipality located in the province of León
, Castile and León
, Spain
. According to the 2010 census
(INE
), the municipality has a population of 11,050 inhabitants.
It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza.
Zone of astur
population its territory was a part of Conventus Asturum during the roman times. The city was born in the IX century by conde Gatón from two small villages San Pedro de Périx and Bani Eiza. La Bañeza hosted a marquis in the modern Age and in the end of the XIX century became a transformation with the railroad arrival in 1896. A year earlier, in 1895, Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria
gives the title of city.
Within his heritage highlight the churches of San Salvador and Santa María, among of several celebrations as the carnival, holy week and the August festivities during which they held the exclusive motorcycle street race.
Within its monuments, it highlights the churches of San Salvador and Santa María. They are several celebrations during the year and the more important are the Carnivals, Holy Week
, and the motorbikes race in August, one of the last urban motor-race in the world. All of this makes the city a great place for the tourism.
León (province)
León is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.About one quarter of its population of 500,200 lives in the capital, León. The weather is cold and dry during the winter....
, Castile and León
Castile and León
Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
. According to the 2010 census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
(INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and Spanish society. Every 10 years, this organisation conducts a national census. The last census took place in 2001....
), the municipality has a population of 11,050 inhabitants.
It is the capital of the region of Tierra de La Bañeza.
Zone of astur
Astur
The Astures were the Hispano-Celtic Gallaecian inhabitants of the northwest area of Hispania that now comprises almost the entire modern autonomous community of Asturias and the modern provinces León, and northern Zamora , and east of Trás os Montes in Portugal...
population its territory was a part of Conventus Asturum during the roman times. The city was born in the IX century by conde Gatón from two small villages San Pedro de Périx and Bani Eiza. La Bañeza hosted a marquis in the modern Age and in the end of the XIX century became a transformation with the railroad arrival in 1896. A year earlier, in 1895, Queen Regent Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria
Maria Christina of Austria was Queen consort of Spain as the second wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain...
gives the title of city.
Within his heritage highlight the churches of San Salvador and Santa María, among of several celebrations as the carnival, holy week and the August festivities during which they held the exclusive motorcycle street race.
Within its monuments, it highlights the churches of San Salvador and Santa María. They are several celebrations during the year and the more important are the Carnivals, Holy Week
Holy Week
Holy Week in Christianity is the last week of Lent and the week before Easter...
, and the motorbikes race in August, one of the last urban motor-race in the world. All of this makes the city a great place for the tourism.
See also
- Tierra de La Bañeza
- Carnival of La BañezaCarnival of La BañezaThe Carnival of La Bañeza , in the province of Leon, is a festival declared of national touristic interest that began to gain importance and fame at the beginning of the 20th century during the repression under Franco, due to the prohibition of concealing one’s face or wearing a costume.The main...
- Kingdom of LeónKingdom of LeónThe Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in AD 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León...
- Leonese languageLeonese languageThe Leonese language is the endonym term used to refer to all vernacular Romance dialects of the Astur-Leonese linguistic group in the Spanish provinces of León and Zamora; Astur-Leonese also includes the dialects...