Castrocontrigo
Castrocontrigo () is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain, 80 km from the province capital. According to the 2010 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Instituto Nacional de Estadística (other) * Instituto Nacional de Estatística (other) * Instituto Nacional Elec ...), the municipality has a population of 917 inhabitants, including the smaller village of Nogarejas. References Municipalities in the Province of León Tierra de La Bañeza {{León-geo-stub ...
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Nogarejas (Spain)
Nogarejas, also Nogarejas de la Valdería. Village in the municipality of Castrocontrigo, in the South-West area of the Province of León, Spain. The road LE-125 (La Bañeza to Puebla de Sanabria) drives to Nogarejas, and also the LE-133, getting there from the South and the village of Rionegro del Puente (Zamora, Spain). The river Codes crosses the village from the North-West, just before flowing into the River Eria, which gives its name to the whole region (Valderia: Val d’Eria or Eria Valley). In the year 2009 it counted 298 inhabitants. Origins The findings of tégulas allow to assert that in the place there were Roman settlements. And the existence of the village of Nogarejas is documented from, at least, 1159. In June 1199, there is a “litterae executoria” of Pope Innocent III in relation to a claim on the payment of tithes between the Bishop of Astorga, Spain, Astorga and the monastery of San Esteban de Nogales. It seems that, for many centuries, a few shepherd ...
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