El Bierzo
El Bierzo is a comarca in the province of León, Spain. Its capital is the town of Ponferrada. Other major towns are Bembibre and Villafranca del Bierzo, the historical capital.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Area with 117,000 residents
- Description: County in Castille and Leon, Spain
- Also known as: “Berzo”, “El Bierzu”, “o Berzo”, and “O Bierzo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iglesia de San Justo de Villabuena.
Iglesia de San Justo de Villabuena
Church
Photo: Hovallef, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iglesia de San Justo de Villabuena is a church, which is situated 3½ km south of El Bierzo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pobladura de Somoza and Villabuena.
Pobladura de Somoza
Hamlet
Pobladura de Somoza is a locality and minor local entity located in the municipality of Villafranca del Bierzo, in León province, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 26. Pobladura de Somoza is situated 3 km southwest of El Bierzo.
Villabuena
Hamlet
Photo: Hovallef, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villabuena is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km south of El Bierzo.
Espanillo
Hamlet
Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.
Espanillo is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of El Bierzo.
El Bierzo
- Category: comarca of Spain
- Location: Villafranca del Bierzo, Leon, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover El Bierzo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Uzbek—“El Bierzo” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “El Bierzu”
- Basque: “Bierzo”
- Belarusian: “Эль-Б’ерса”
- Catalan: “El Bierzo”
- Chinese: “埃尔别尔索”
- Chinese: “埃爾別爾索”
- Dutch: “El Bierzo”
- Esperanto: “El Bierzo”
- French: “Bierzo”
- Friulian: “Il Bierç”
- Galician: “Berzo”
- Galician: “El Bierzu”
- Galician: “o Berzo”
- Galician: “O Bierzo”
- German: “El Bierzo”
- Italian: “El Bierzo”
- Japanese: “エル・ビエルソ”
- Kazakh: “Эль-Бьерсо”
- Ladino: “El Bierzo”
- Persian: “ال بیرثو”
- Portuguese: “Berzo”
- Portuguese: “El Bierzo”
- Portuguese: “El Bierzu”
- Portuguese: “o Berzo”
- Portuguese: “O Bierzo”
- Russian: “Эль-Бьерсо”
- Spanish: “Berzo”
- Spanish: “El Bierzo”
- Spanish: “El Bierzu”
- Spanish: “O Bierzo”
- Swedish: “Bierzo”
- Uzbek: “El Bierzo”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Las Doñas del Portazgo and Parador de Villafranca del Bierzo.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Bierzo”. Photo: David Perez, CC BY 3.0.