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ﾃ」ila Province
ﾃ」ila (, , ) is a city of Spain located in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and Leﾃｳn. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of ﾃ」ila. It lies on the right bank of the Adaja, Adaja river. Located more than 1,130 m above sea level, the city is the highest provincial capital in Spain. Distinctly known by Walls of ﾃ」ila, its medieval walls, ﾃ」ila is sometimes called the ''Town of Stones and Saints'', and it claims that it is one of the towns with the highest number of Romanesque and Gothic architecture, Gothic churches per capita in Spain. It has complete and prominent Middle Ages, medieval town walls, built in the Romanesque architecture, Romanesque style; writer Josﾃｩ Martﾃｭnez Ruiz, in his book ''El alma castellana'' ("The Castilian Soul"), described it as "perhaps the most 16th-century town in Spain". The town is also known as ''ﾃ」ila de los Caballeros'', ''ﾃ」ila del Rey'' and ''ﾃ」ila de los Leales'' ("ﾃ」il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Spain
The municipality ( es, municipio, , ca, municipi, gl, concello, eu, udalerria, ast, conceyu)In other languages of Spain: * Catalan/Valencian (), sing. ''municipi''. * Galician () or (), sing. ''municipio''/''bisbarra''. *Basque (), sing. ''udalerria''. * Asturian (), sing. ''conceyu''. is the basic local administrative division in Spain together with the province. Organisation Each municipality forms part of a province which in turn forms part or the whole of an autonomous community (17 in total plus Ceuta and Melilla): some autonomous communities also group municipalities into entities known as ''comarcas'' (districts) or ''mancomunidades'' (commonwealths). There are a total of 8,131 municipalities in Spain, including the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. In the Principality of Asturias, municipalities are officially named ''concejos'' (councils). The average population of a municipality is about 5,300, but this figure masks a huge range: the most populo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
