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Castile and León

Castile and León is a region of , named for its many medieval castles. It's on a plateau and is bordered to the north by coastal , and , east by and , south by , and west by in northern Portugal.
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is a city in Castile and León in northern Spain, with a population of just over 300,000 in 2024. Much of it is modern and industrial but there's a concentration of sights in its medieval core.

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is a city in Castile and León in western central Spain, with a population of 143,500 in 2021. It has a magnificent old town centre, with multiple Romanesque, Gothic, Moorish, Renaissance and Baroque buildings inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list.

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is a city in Castile and in northern Spain, with a population of 121,000 in 2023. It's on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route, and has a vast cultural, historical and architectural heritage.

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is a city in Castile and León in northern Spain, with a population of 51,000 in 2023. Its old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the top sights being the Roman aqueduct, the cathedral, and the Disneyesque castle.

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is a city in Castile and León in northern Spain, with a population of 175,000 in 2023. It's best known for its cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site and stopover on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail.

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is a city in Castile and León in northern Spain, 120 km east Madrid. Its old town is spectacularly ringed by ancient walls, and has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In 2023 the population was 58,500.

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is a city in the Castile and León region of northern Spain, with a population of 40,000 in 2023, and another 50,000 in its surrounding province. Its main attraction is its collection of Romanesque churches.

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is a city in Castile and León, with a population of 59,000 in 2023. The Old Town within the medieval walls has a remarkable collection of Romanesque churches.

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is a city in Castile and León in northern Spain, with a population of 76,300 in 2023. It was industrial from about 1840 to 1960 and its centre is modern, but with several interesting old buildings and plazas.

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is a city in Castile and León, with a population of almost 64,000 in 2021. It's best known for its castle built by the Knights Templar, and as a stopover on the pilgrimage trail to Santiago de Compostela.

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is a town in the Castile and León region of northern Spain, 43 km southwest of León city. It has a well-preserved old centre and is a stop-off on the pilgrimage route to Santiago. In 2021 the population was 10,600.

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is a town in Castile and León in northern Spain, with a population of 2,100 in 2024. The town lies on the French Way of the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Madrid ends in .

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is a town in Castile and León, with a population of 8200 in 2024. It has a couple of old churches, which won't take long to see.

Castile and León

Latitude of center
41.5501° or 41° 33′ 0″ north
Longitude of center
-5.1387° or 5° 8′ 20″ west
Population
2,390,000
Elevation
892 metres (2,927 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11525060100
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3336900
Wiki­data ID
Q5739
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Castile and León” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kastilië en León”
  • Albanian: “Castile dhe León”
  • Albanian: “Kastil-Leoni”
  • Amharic: “ካስቲያና ሌዮን”
  • Arabic: “قشتالة وليون”
  • Arabic: “قـشتالة وليون”
  • Arabic: “منطقة قـشتالة وليون”
  • Aragonese: “Castiella y Leyón”
  • Armenian: “Կաստիլիա և Լեոն”
  • Armenian: “Կաստիլիա-Լեոն”
  • Arpitan: “Castilye-et-Lion”
  • Asturian: “Castiella y Lleón”
  • Asturian: “Castiella y Llión”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kastiliya və Leon”
  • Balinese: “Kastile miwah León”
  • Bashkir: “Кастилия һәм Леон”
  • Basque: “Gaztela eta Leon”
  • Basque: “Gaztela eta León”
  • Belarusian: “Кастылія і Леон”
  • Bosnian: “Kastilja i Leon”
  • Bosnian: “Kastilja i León”
  • Breton: “Kastilha ha Leon”
  • Breton: “Kastilha ha León”
  • Bulgarian: “Кастилия и Леон”
  • Catalan: “Castella i Lleó”
  • Cebuano: “Castilla y León”
  • Central Bikol: “Castilla asin Leon”
  • Chinese: “Castilla kap León”
  • Chinese: “卡斯提亞-萊昂”
  • Chinese: “卡斯提亞與利昂”
  • Chinese: “卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂”
  • Chinese: “卡斯蒂利亚和莱昂”
  • Chinese: “卡斯蒂利亞-萊昂”
  • Cornish: “Kastil ha Leon”
  • Corsican: “Castiglia è León”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Kastiliya-Leon”
  • Croatian: “Kastilja i León”
  • Czech: “Castilla y León”
  • Czech: “Kastilie a León”
  • Dagbani: “Castile-León”
  • Danish: “Castilien og Leon”
  • Danish: “Castilla y León”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kastilya u León”
  • Dutch: “Castilië en León”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاستييا و ليون”
  • Esperanto: “Kastilio kaj Leono”
  • Estonian: “Castilla y León”
  • Estonian: “Castilla-León”
  • Extremaduran: “Castilla i León”
  • Extremaduran: “Castilla i Lión”
  • Finnish: “Kastilia ja León”
  • French: “Castille-et-León”
  • Galician: “Castela e León”
  • Georgian: “კასტილია და ლეონი”
  • German: “Kastilien und León”
  • German: “Kastilien-León”
  • German: “Nordkastilien”
  • Greek: “Καστίλλη και Λεόν”
  • Guarani: “Castilla y León”
  • Haitian: “Kastil ak Leon”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Castilla lâu León”
  • Hawaiian: “Castille a Leon”
  • Hebrew: “קסטיליה ולאון”
  • Hindi: “कैस्टिले और लेओन”
  • Hungarian: “Kasztília és León”
  • Icelandic: “Kastilía-León”
  • Ido: “Kastilia e Leon”
  • Indonesian: “Castilla y León”
  • Indonesian: “Kastilia dan Leon”
  • Indonesian: “Kastilia dan León”
  • Interlingua: “Castilia e Leon”
  • Interlingua: “Castilia e León”
  • Interlingue: “Castilia e Leon”
  • Irish: “Castilla y León”
  • Italian: “Castiglia e León”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Kiastiil ahn León”
  • Japanese: “カスティージャ・イ・レオン”
  • Japanese: “カスティーリャ・イ・レオン州”
  • Japanese: “カスティーリャ・イ・レオン自治州”
  • Japanese: “カスティーリャ・レオン州”
  • Javanese: “Castile-Leon”
  • Kazakh: “Кастилия және Леон”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kastilya kag Leon”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kastilya kag Liyon”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kastilya’g Leon”
  • Kinaray-A: “Kastilya’g Liyon”
  • Kinaray-A: “Katsilà-Leonhën”
  • Kinaray-A: “Katsilà-Liyonhun”
  • Korean: “카스티야이레온 지방”
  • Korean: “카스티야이레온주”
  • Ladin: “Castilia y León”
  • Ladino: “Kastiya i Leon”
  • Ladino: “Komunidad Otonoma de Kastiya i Leon”
  • Latin: “Castella et Legio”
  • Latvian: “Kastīlija un Leona”
  • Ligurian: “Castìlia e León”
  • Ligurian: “Castilla y León”
  • Limburgan: “Castilië en León”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Castelia e Leon”
  • Lithuanian: “Kastilija ir Leonas”
  • Lombard: “Casteja e Leon”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kastilien-León”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Castilla y León”
  • Macedonian: “Кастиља и Леон”
  • Malay: “Castile-León”
  • Malay: “Castilla dan León”
  • Maltese: “Castilla y León”
  • Maltese: “Kastilja u León”
  • Maori: “Castile me León”
  • Marathi: “कास्तिया इ लेओन”
  • Mazanderani: “کاستیا و لئون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Castilla kap León”
  • Mingrelian: “კასტილია და ლეონი”
  • Mingrelian: “კასტილია დო ლეონი”
  • Mirandese: “Castielha i Lhion”
  • Mongolian: “Кастили ба Леон”
  • Narom: “Castil’ye et Léon”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kastiilien an León”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castilla y León”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Castilla y León”
  • Norwegian: “Castilla y León”
  • Novial: “Castilla y León”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Castelha e Leon”
  • Ossetian: “Кастили æмæ Леон”
  • Papiamento: “Castilia i Leon”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Castilla y León”
  • Persian: “کاستیا و لئون”
  • Piemontese: “Castija e León”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Castiil a‘ Liion”
  • Polish: “Kastylia i León”
  • Portuguese: “Castela e Leão”
  • Portuguese: “Castela e León”
  • Quechua: “Kastilla Liyunpas”
  • Romanian: “Castilia și León”
  • Russian: “Кастилия и Леон”
  • Russian: “Кастилия-Леон”
  • Russian: “Кастилья Леон”
  • Sardinian: “Castìllia e León”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Kastilien-León”
  • Scots: “Castile an León”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Castilla y León”
  • Serbian: “Кастиља и Леон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kastilja i Leon”
  • Sicilian: “Castigghia e León”
  • Slovenian: “Castilla y León”
  • Slovenian: “Kastilija in Leon”
  • Slovenian: “Kastilja in Leon”
  • Spanish: “Castilla y Leon”
  • Spanish: “Castilla y León”
  • Spanish: “Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla y León”
  • Swahili: “Castilia na León”
  • Swedish: “Kastilien och León”
  • Swedish: “Kastilien-Leon”
  • Tagalog: “Castilla y León”
  • Tatar: “Кастилия һәм Леон”
  • Tatar: “Кастилья һәм Леон”
  • Thai: “แคว้นกัสติยาและเลออน”
  • Thai: “แคว้นคาสตีลและเลออน”
  • Turkish: “Kastilya ve Leon”
  • Ukrainian: “Кастилія і Леон”
  • Ukrainian: “Кастилія-і-Леон”
  • Urdu: “قشتالہ اور لیون”
  • Uzbek: “Castilla y León”
  • Venetian: “Casteja e Leon”
  • Venetian: “Casteja e León”
  • Vietnamese: “Castilla và León”
  • Vlaams: “Castilië en León”
  • Walloon: “Castile et Leyone”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Castilla y León”
  • Welsh: “Castilla y León”
  • Western Armenian: “Քասթիլիա եւ Լիոն”
  • Western Frisian: “Kastylje en Leon”
  • Western Frisian: “Kastylje en Leön”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیستلا تے لیون”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡斯提亞與利昂”
  • Zeeuws: “Kastilië en León”
  • “Castiglia e León”
  • “Kaxtillan wan León”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Castile and León”. Photo: Choniron, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.