San Martín de la Tercia is a locality and ''

minor local entity In some communities of Spain, minor local entity () is a territorial entity of scope smaller than municipality defined and regulated by the regional governments. Some examples are ''caseríos, parroquias, aldeas, barrios, anteiglesias, concejos, ...

'' located in the municipality of

Villamanín Villamanín is a municipality located in the León (province), province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 1,161 inhabitants. Li ...

, in León province,

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. As of 2020, it has a population of 26.

Geography

San Martín de la Tercia is located 80km north-northwest of

León, Spain León (; ) is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It has a population of 124,303 (2019), ...

. The lands of San Martín de la Tercia border with those of Busdongo to the north, Camplongo de la Tercia and Villanueva de la Tercia to the northeast, Rodiezmo de la Tercia to the east, Cármenes to the southeast, Villasimpliz,

Buiza Buiza is a Spanish town in the municipality of La Pola de Gordón, in the Province of León and the region of , in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Background One of the ancient routes of the Camino de Santiago passes through this t ...

and Folledo to the south, Geras and Aralla de Luna to the southwest, Poladura de la Tercia to the west, and Viadangos de Arbas and Arbas del Puerto to the northwest.

Personalities

José Luis García Fierro (1948-2020), Researcher Professor at the

Spanish National Research Council The Spanish National Research Council (, CSIC) is the largest public institution dedicated to research in Spain and the third largest in Europe. Its main objective is to develop and promote research that will help bring about scientific and techn ...

(CSIC), was born in San Martín de Tercia. Prof. Fierro received the "Miguel Catalán" award from the Regional Government of Madrid, and Honoris Causa Doctorates from the Universities of Patras (Greece), Concepción (Chile) and San Marcos (Peru).

References

Populated places in the Province of León {{León-geo-stub