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Las Merindades

Comarca in Castile and León, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Las Merindades is a comarca located north of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bounded on the north-west by the province of Cantabria, north-east by the province of Biscay, south by La Bureba, south-east by Ebro, south-west by Páramos, and on the east by the province of Álava.

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History

Located in the north of the province of Burgos, the Merindades are the birthplace of the name "Castilla".[citation needed] Most of the villages of the Merindades were quoted in the 14th-century manuscript, the Becerro de Behetrias, at the moment of the creation of the merindad subdivision by Pedro of Castile.

Administrative entities

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Comarcas of Burgos
  Merindades
  Ebro

The capital of the comarca is Villarcayo, although the biggest town in the comarca is Medina de Pomar.

Municipalities (26)

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