Coordinates: 42°56′37″N 3°32′32″W / 42.94361°N 3.54222°W

Las Merindades

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Las Merindades
Comarca
File:MERINDADES.jpg
Country	Error creating thumbnail: Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León Castile and León
Province	Flag of Burgos Burgos
Capital	Flag of Villarcayo Villarcayo
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Medina de Pomar
Website	mancomunidadlasmerindades.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

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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

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Comarcas of Burgos

Alfoz de Burgos

Odra y Pisuerga

Ribera del Duero

Merindades

Ebro

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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Source:^[1]

Alfoz de Bricia (13)
Alfoz de Santa Gadea (3)
Arija
Berberana (2)
Cillaperlata
Espinosa de los Monteros (26)
Frías (3)
Junta de Traslaloma (9)
Junta de Villalba de Losa (5)
Jurisdicción de San Zadornil (4)
Los Altos (11)
Medina de Pomar (36)
Merindad de Cuesta Urria (27)
Merindad de Montija (21)
Merindad de Sotoscueva (26)
Merindad de Valdeporres (16)
Merindad de Valdivielso (14)
Partido de la Sierra en Tobalina (3)
Trespaderne (7)
Valle de Losa (29)
Valle de Manzanedo (19)
Valle de Mena (116)
Valle de Tobalina (35)
Valle de Valdebezana (26)
Valle de Zamanzas (6)
Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja (34)

See also

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Province of Burgos

Notes

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^ In parentheses is the number of towns and minor local entities from each municipality

External links

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