Lara de los Infantes is a town with 26 inhabitants in the
province of Burgos
The Province of Burgos is a province of northern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Palencia, Cantabria, Vizcaya, Álava, La Rioja, Soria, Segovia, and Valladolid. ...
in the autonomous region of Castille y León in
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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It is the seat of the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Jurisdicción de Lara, which includes a few more inhabitants as it includes other localities like
Paúles de Lara, and
Aceña de Lara. It is situated in the shire of
Sierra de la Demanda
Sierra de la Demanda is a mountain sub-range situated in the northern Iberian Peninsula.
The Sierra de la Demanda area provides the habitat for ''Lissotriton helveticus punctillatus'' (Schmidtler 1970), a subspecies of the palmate newt.
Geograp ...
45 kilometers from the city of
Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...
.
Although sparsely populated today, the area was important in Roman times. In the Middle Ages it formed part of the Alfoz of Lara, where the
Lara family
The House of Lara (Spanish: ''Casa de Lara'') is a noble family from the medieval Kingdom of Castile. Two of its branches, the Duques de Nájera and the Marquesado de Aguilar de Campoo were considered Grandees of Spain. The Lara family gained num ...
had its hereditary base, and its full name, Lara de los Infante (Lara of the Princes) reflects that family's legend, told in the ''
Cantar de los Siete Infantes de Lara
The ''Cantar de los Siete Infantes de Lara'' ("Song of the Seven Lara Princes") is a legend, perhaps derived from a lost ''cantar de gesta'', that relates a tale of family feuding and revenge, centering on the murder of the eponymous seven ''infan ...
''.
Populated places in the Province of Burgos
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