Capillas is a Spanish municipality located in the

province of Palencia Palencia is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by the provinces of León, Cantabria, Burgos, and Valladolid. Overview Of ...

, Castile and León. In 2013, its population was 86.

History

The town was first mentioned in 916 as ''Fonte de Capela'', one of the first settlements of the region. Its name, in Spanish, means "chapels".

Geography

Capillas, part of the ''comarca'' of

Tierra de Campos Tierra de Campos ("Land of Fields") is a large historical and natural region or greater comarca that straddles the provinces of León, Zamora, Valladolid and Palencia, in Castile and León, Spain. It is a vast, desolate plain with practically ...

, is from

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half o ...

and from

Valladolid Valladolid () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province o ...

. The municipality borders

Boada de Campos Boada de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. It is in the Tierra de Campos. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 22 inhabitants. Ecology The municipality ...

, Castil de Vela, Castromocho, Gatón de Campos (in the

province of Valladolid Valladolid () is a Provinces of Spain, province of northwest Spain, in the central part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Castile and León. It has a population of 520,716 people in a total of 225 munici ...

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and

Villarramiel Villarramiel is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,012 inhabitants. History Villarramiel was founded by Herramel Álvarez, s ...

Demographics

Personality

Francisco Blanco Salcedo Francisco Blanco Salcedo (1 January 1512 – 26 April 1581) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1574–1581), Bishop of Málaga (1565–1574), and Bishop of Ourense (1556–1565). Biograp ...

, born here in 1512, was Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela for seven years.

References

External links

Capillas official website
Municipalities in the Province of Palencia {{Palencia-geo-stub