Nofuentes is a locality and a minor local entity situated in the province 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.
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, in the autonomous community of
Castilla y León
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Las Merindades
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 ...
, judicial party of
Villarcayo
Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja () is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
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, capital of
Merindad de Cuesta Urria
Merindad de Cuesta-Urria is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census
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municipality.
General data
In 2011 it hosted 144 villagers. It is situated 80 km to the north of the capital of the province, Burgos, in the left edge of Nela.
Communications
* Road: National Highway N-629 between Trespaderne y Medina de Pomar.
* Railway: Until its closing in 1985, Railway station to Santander-Mediterráneo.
Administrative situation
Its main mayor is José Pablo Quintanilla Rodriguez from
Partido Popular.
History
![Nofuentes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Nofuentes.%2C_convento_de_las_clarisas.JPG)
This villa belonged to the Merindad de Cuesta Urria in Castilla la Vieja party, one of the fourteen parties that formed the Burgos´
quartermaster during the period between 1785 and 1833, as it is shown in the Floriblanca census of 1787 with a royal jurisdiction. After the fall of the
Ancien Régime
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, it is aggregated to the Merindad Cuesta-Urria´s constitutional town hall, in the Villarcayo´s party belonging to the region of Castilla la Vieja, being its capital.
Festivities and customs
Its local festivities are held 15 May,
Saint Isidro Labrador
Isidore the Labourer, also known as Isidore the Farmer ( es, San Isidro Labrador) (c. 1070 – May 15, 1130), was a Spanish farmworker known for his piety toward the poor and animals. He is the Catholic patron saint of farmers and of Madrid, El ...
festivity and 29 June, Saint Pedro and San Pablo de Tarso festivity
Parish
![Nofuentes, Iglesia de San Pedro y San Pablo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Nofuentes%2C_Iglesia_de_San_Pedro_y_San_Pablo.JPG)
Parochial catholic church of San Pedro and San Pablo in the Archpriesthood of Medina de Pomar, Burgos´ Archbishopric´s diocese. The next locations depend on this church: Cebolleros, Mijangos, Las Quintanillas Las Quintanillas, Urria (Burgos),Valdelacuesta, Villamagrín, Villapanillo, Villarán y Villavedeo y and the convent of mother Clarisas of Nuestra Señora de Rivas.
References
External links
Página sobre Nofuentes
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Burgos