León (province)

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León (Province)


Flag	Coat of Arms

Capital

León, Spain

Official language(s)

Spanish

Area
– Total
– % of Spain

Ranked 7th
15,581 km²
3.08%

Population
– Total (2005)
– % of Spain
– Density

Ranked 30th
496,655
1.13%
31.87/km²

Demonym
– English
– Spanish

Leonese
Leonés/Leonesa

Autonomous Community

Castilla y León

Government

Diputación de León

President

Francisco J. García Prieto

http://www.dipuleon.es

León (Llión in Leonese Language) is a province of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. The historic leonese kingdom was integrated by the autonomous communities of Asturias and Galicia, and the provinces of León Zamora, Salamanca, Valladolid, Palencia and many other territories in Extremadura and northwest of andalusian province of Huelva. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Ourense, Lugo, Asturias, Cantabria, Palencia, and Valladolid.

Palacio de los Guzmanes, the provincial parliament (Diputación) in the capital, León.

About one quarter of its population of 496,655 (2005) lives in the capital, León. The weather is dry, cold during the winter.

There are Roman Catholic cathedrals at León and Astorga. The province shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and Asturias.