Valbuena de Duero is a municipality located in the
province of Valladolid,
Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004
census
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(
INE
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), the municipality has a population of 502 inhabitants.
Villages
San Bernardo is a village within Valbuena de Duero municipality. It was founded in the 1950s by the
Instituto Nacional de Colonización
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. Its inhabitants came from
Santa MarÃa de Poyos, a town in
Guadalajara Province
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that was submerged by the waters of the
Embalse de BuendÃa reservoir
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Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
.
Presently there is a
Ribera del Duero DO wine cellar in San Bernardo named after the village.
The
Valbuena Abbey
Valbuena Abbey ( es, Monasterio de Santa MarÃa de Valbuena) is a former Cistercian monastery in Valbuena de Duero in Valladolid Province, Castile-Leon, Spain. It stands on the right bank of the Duero, within sight of the royal castle of Peà ...
is located within the limits of Valbuena de Duero municipality.
References
Municipalities in the Province of Valladolid
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