Valbuena de la Encomienda

Valbuena de la Encomienda is a locality and minor local entity located in the municipality of Villagatón, in León province, Castile and León, Spain. Its true full name is Valbuena de la Encomienda del Santo Hospital de San Juan de Jerusalem, which points to its origin as the domain of the Knights Hospitallers based a few kilometers away, in the Cueto de San Bartolo Monastery, in Villameca.

Type: Hamlet with 10 residents
Description: human settlement in León Province, Castile and León, Spain
Postal code: 24369

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Requejo y Corús and Porqueros.

Requejo y Corús

Hamlet

Photo: Estevoaei, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Requejo y Corús is a locality and minor local entity located in the municipality of Villagatón, in León province, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 45.

Porqueros

Hamlet

Porqueros is a locality and minor local entity located in the municipality of Magaz de Cepeda, in León province, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 53. Porqueros is situated 4½ km southeast of Valbuena de la Encomienda.

Culebros

Hamlet

Photo: Meroveo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Culebros is a locality and minor local entity located in the municipality of Villagatón, in León province, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 68. Culebros is situated 4½ km northeast of Valbuena de la Encomienda.

Valbuena de la Encomienda

Categories: single entity of population and locality
Location: Villagatón, Leon, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

42.62006° or 42° 37′ 12″ north

Longitude

-6.15071° or 6° 9′ 3″ west

Population

Elevation

1,005 metres (3,297 feet)

Open location code

8CJMJRCX+2P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 349248406

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

3107073

Wikidata ID

Q6158648

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Valbuena de la Encomienda” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Valbuena de la Encomienda”
Spanish: “Valbuena de la Encomienda”

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