Province of León
León
Llión | |
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Ranked 30th | |
• Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
1.08% of Spain | |
Demonym(s) | Leonese Spanish: Leonés/Leonesa |
Website | dipuleon.es |
León (
About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the capital,
There are two famous
History
The province of León was established in 1833 with the
.The Kingdom of León was founded in 910 A.D. when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula shifted their main seat from Oviedo to the city of León. The eastern, inland part of the kingdom was joined dynastically to the Kingdom of Castile, first in 1037–1065, then in 1077–1109 and again in 1126–1157, 1230–1296 and from 1301 onward (see: historic union of the Kingdoms of Castile and León). The western and Atlantic provinces became the Kingdom of Portugal in 1139.
The independently administered
According to UNESCO, in 1188 the Kingdom of León developed the first Parliament in Europe, the Cortes de León, which included the elected representatives of towns and cities.[2] In 1202, that Parliament approved economic legislation to regulate trade and guilds.[3]
Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:
Languages
The Provincial Government of León signed accords with language associations for promoting the Leonese language.[citation needed] Leonese is taught in the city of León, Mansilla de las Mulas, La Bañeza, Valencia de Don Juan or Ponferrada for adult people, and in sixteen schools of León.[citation needed] The City Council of León writes some of its announcements in Leonese in order to promote the language.[citation needed]
In the western part of the El Bierzo, the westernmost region of the province, Galician language is spoken and taught at schools.[citation needed]
Climate
As for the temperatures, in general it is a cold climate due to the altitude and the abundance of frost (which persist from November to May), being more intense in the mountainous areas reaching -18 °C. Vega de Liordes, an enclave in the León sector of Picos de Europa belonging to the municipality of Posada de Valdeón registered −35.8 °C (−32.4 °F) on January 7, 2021.[4][5]
Cuisine
Embutidos
- Cecina de León: from beef. In the Leonese language, cecina means "meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke". Cecina de León is made of the hind legs of beef, salted, smoked and air-dried in the province of León, and has PGI status.
- Orbigoriver it's also known as Yosco. It has PGI status.
Cheese
- Queso de Valdeón (Valdeón cheese): a blue cheese produced in Posada de Valdeon, traditionally wrapped in chestnut or sycamore maple leaves before being sent to market.
Wines
- Bierzo: in the west of the province of León and covers about 3,000 km2. The area consists of numerous small valleys in the mountainous part (Alto Bierzo) and of a wide, flat plain (Bajo Bierzo). The denominación de origen covers 23 municipalities.
- Tierra de León: in the southeast of the province of León.
Sweets
Municipalities
Comarcas
- El Bierzo
- Maragatería
- Tierra de Campos
- La Montaña
- La Ribera
- La Cabrera
- Tierras de La Bañeza
- Tierras de León
See also
- Matar judíos (lit. 'killing Jews')
- Santiago de Peñalba
- Castrillo de los Polvazares
- Cave of Valporquero
- Kingdom of León
- Leonese language
- List of municipalities of León
- Montes de León
- Asturica Augusta
Notes and references
- ISBN 84-7719-225-1.
- ^ "The Decreta of León of 1188 - The oldest documentary manifestation of the European parliamentary system | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
- ISBN 9780231539500.
- ^ "Vega de Liordes (León) bate este jueves el récord histórico de temperatura mínima en España con -35,8 grados" [Vega de Liordes (León) beats this Thursday the historical record for the minimum temperature in Spain with -35.8 degrees] (in Spanish). elDiario.es. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Spain records coldest ever temperature at minus 35.8 degrees Celsius". Retrieved 12 January 2021.