León
León is a city in Castile and León 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 125,000 residents
- Description: municipality in Castile and León, Spain
- Also known as: “León, Spain”
- Postal codes: 24001-24010, 24070, 24071, 24080, and 24191
Places of Interest
Highlights include León Cathedral and Casa Botines.
León Cathedral
Church
Photo: Davidjimenezllanes, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa María de Regla de León Cathedral is a Catholic church, the episcopal see of the diocese of León in the city of León, Castile and León, north-western Spain, consecrated under the name of the Virgin Mary.
Casa Botines
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Casa Botines is a modernista building in León, Spain designed by Antoni Gaudí. It currently houses a museum dedicated to Gaudi, Spanish art of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the history of the building itself.
Estadio Reino de León
Stadium
Photo: Pablox, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estadio Municipal Reino de León is a football stadium located in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the home stadium of Cultural Leonesa, with a capacity of 13,346 seats.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trobajo del Camino and San Andrés del Rabanedo.
San Andrés del Rabanedo
Town
Photo: Yrithinnd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Andrés del Rabanedo is a municipality located in the Province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2011 census, the city has a population of 31,562 inhabitants, and is the third largest city in the province after León and Ponferrada.
Navatejera
Village
Navatejera is a locality and minor local entity located in the municipality of Villaquilambre, in León province, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2020, it has a population of 7965.
León
- Category: municipality of Spain
- Location: Leon, Castile and León, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
42.5983° or 42° 35′ 54″ northLongitude
-5.5725° or 5° 34′ 21″ westPopulation
125,000Elevation
844 metres (2,769 feet)IATA airport code
LENUnited Nations Location Code
ES LENOpen location code
8CJPHCXG+8XOpenStreetMap ID
way 264586661
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“León” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “León”
- Arabic: “ليون”
- Aragonese: “Leyón”
- Armenian: “Լեոն”
- Asturian: “Ciudá de Llión”
- Asturian: “Lleón”
- Asturian: “Llión”
- Azerbaijani: “Leon”
- Basque: “Leon”
- Basque: “León”
- Basque: “Lleón”
- Basque: “Llión”
- Belarusian: “Леон (Гішпанія)”
- Belarusian: “Леон (Іспанія)”
- Belarusian: “Леон”
- Bengali: “লিওন”
- Breton: “León”
- Bulgarian: “Леон”
- Catalan: “Lleó”
- Cebuano: “León”
- Chinese: “León”
- Chinese: “利昂”
- Chinese: “莱昂 (西班牙)”
- Chinese: “莱昂”
- Chinese: “萊昂 (西班牙)”
- Chinese: “雷昂”
- Cornish: “León”
- Croatian: “León”
- Czech: “León”
- Dagbani: “León”
- Danish: “León”
- Dutch: “Leon”
- Dutch: “León”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليون”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه ليون, إسبانيا”
- Esperanto: “Leono”
- Estonian: “León”
- Extremaduran: “León”
- Extremaduran: “Lión”
- Finnish: “León”
- French: “León”
- Galician: “León, España”
- Galician: “León”
- Georgian: “ლეონი (ესპანეთი)”
- Georgian: “ლეონი”
- German: “León”
- Greek: “Λεόν”
- Gujarati: “લિઓન”
- Hawaiian: “León”
- Hebrew: “לאון”
- Hindi: “लियोन”
- Hungarian: “León”
- Icelandic: “León”
- Ido: “León, Hispania”
- Ido: “Leon”
- Indonesian: “León”
- Interlingua: “León”
- Interlingue: “Leon”
- Irish: “León”
- Italian: “León”
- Japanese: “レオン”
- Kannada: “ಲಿಯಾನ್”
- Kazakh: “Леон”
- Korean: “레온”
- Ladin: “León”
- Ladino: “Leon”
- Latin: “Legio”
- Latvian: “Leona”
- Lithuanian: “Leonas”
- Lombard: “León (Spagna)”
- Lombard: “León”
- Luxembourgish: “León”
- Malagasy: “León”
- Malay: “León, Sepanyol”
- Malay: “Leon”
- Malay: “León”
- Maltese: “Leon”
- Maltese: “León”
- Marathi: “लिऑन”
- Min Nan Chinese: “León”
- Mirandese: “Lhion”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “León”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “León”
- Norwegian: “León”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Leon”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Llión”
- Ossetian: “Леон (Испани)”
- Ossetian: “Леон”
- Persian: “لئون”
- Piemontese: “León (Spagna)”
- Piemontese: “León”
- Polish: “León”
- Portuguese: “Leão”
- Portuguese: “León”
- Romanian: “León”
- Russian: “Леон”
- Sanskrit: “लीओं”
- Scots: “León, Spain”
- Scots: “León”
- Scottish Gaelic: “León”
- Serbian: “Леон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “León”
- Silesian: “León”
- Sinhala: “ලියොන්”
- Slovak: “León”
- Slovenian: “León, Španija”
- Slovenian: “León”
- South Azerbaijani: “لئون”
- Spanish: “León”
- Swahili: “León”
- Swedish: “León”
- Tamil: “லியான்”
- Tatar: “Леон”
- Telugu: “లియోన్”
- Thai: “เลออน”
- Turkish: “León, İspanya”
- Turkish: “León”
- Ukrainian: “Леон”
- Urdu: “لیون، ہسپانیہ”
- Uzbek: “Leon”
- Venetian: “León (Spagna)”
- Venetian: “León”
- Vietnamese: “León, Castile và León”
- Vietnamese: “León, Tây Ban Nha”
- Vietnamese: “Leon”
- Vietnamese: “León”
- Waray (Philippines): “León, León”
- Waray (Philippines): “León”
- Welsh: “León, Sbaen”
- Welsh: “León”
- Western Panjabi: “لیون”
- Wu Chinese: “莱昂（西班牙）”
- Wu Chinese: “莱昂”
- Yue Chinese: “利昂”
- “León”
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