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Encyclopedia > Palacios de la Sierra
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Basic Data
Region: Castilla y León
Province: Burgos
Population: 1000
Surface Area: 80 km²
Elevation: 1068 m above Sea Level
Postal Code: 09680
Telephone Prefix: 947
Geographic Coordinates: Latitude:xx° xx' xx"
Longitude:xx° xx' xx"
Website: [1]
Address: Calle Mayor, 59
Government
Mayor: José Alonso Alonso

Palacios de la Sierra is a small town in the Spanish province of Burgos. The local economy is primarily based on agriculture and logging. Image File history File links Photograph of Palacios de la Sierra, Burgos, Spain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Seal of the municipality of Palacios de la Sierra, Burgos, Spain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Map of Spain with provice of Burgos highlighted red dot for town of Palacios de la Sierra File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A region can be any area that has some unifying feature. ... Capital Valladolid Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 1st  94,223 km²  18,6% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 6th  2,480,369  5. ... This article is about political regions. ... Burgos coat of arms A city of northernwestern Spain, at the edge of the central plateau, Burgos has 166,000 inhabitants in the city proper and another 10,000 in its suburbs. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... A postal code is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail. ... Latitude, denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing curved lines of longitude Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ...



Historical and architectural points of interest include the sixteenth century church of Santa Eulalia, the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Arroyal (XVIIth century), the necropolis of El Castillo (VI and VIIth centuries), the necropolis of Nava (XIVth century), the necropolis of Bañuelos (XIVth century?), as well as several medieval bridges. The Sequence of Saint Eulalia (La Séquence de Ste. ...


Town Holidays: Santiago, Santa Ana y la Virgen del Arroyal (July 25, 26, and 27), Santa Eulalia (December 10). Saint James can refer to the following: Several men mentioned in the New Testament, whose various epithets and euphemisms cause some uncertainties: James, son of Zebedee, an apostle, brother of John the Apostle; also called Saint James the Great. ... Santa Ana is the Spanish-language name of Saint Anne, the mother of Mary, the mother of Jesus. ... The Sequence of Saint Eulalia (La Séquence de Ste. ...


External Links

Municipal Web Site


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