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Villalbos

Coordinates: 42°26′40″N 3°19′47″W / 42.44444°N 3.32972°W / 42.44444; -3.32972
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Villalbos Village
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Villalbos
Province Burgos
Autonomous community Castilla y León
Postal code 09258
Coordinates
 - Latitude:
 - Longitude:

42°46' N
3º19' W
Altitude 860 m
Area km2
Distances 17 km to Belorado
39 km to Burgos
Population
 - Total (census of 2007)
 - Density

25 inhabitants
inhabitants/km2
Demonym Villalbés
River Oca
Mayor (2007- ) Isabel Bonilla Calleja
(Partido Popular)
Church of Villalbos (1986)

Villalbos is a small village in the north-east of Burgos Province, autonomous community of Castilla-Leon (Spain).

Geography

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Villalbos is located in the left border of Oca River that leads to Ebro river.

Wikimapia\Coordenadas: 42°26'40"N 3°19'47"W

History

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At the beginning of the 10th century a Castilian count, don Rodrigo Díaz, known as "Abolmondar Albo" in the mozarabic world, founded a settlement next to the Oca river. From those settlements came the actual towns of Villalmondar (Abolmondar) and Villalbos (Albos).

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Church

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The Catholic Church of Saint Thomas Apostle was built in the past but it still keeps the Bell's Tower, the main Latin cross plant and the cemetery.

Demography

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Demography evolution
1842 1857 1860 1877 1887 1897 1900 1910 1920 2007
109 153 169 124 116 126 120 133 129 25
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42°26′40″N 3°19′47″W / 42.44444°N 3.32972°W / 42.44444; -3.32972