Coordinates: 42°42′N 3°59′W / 42.700°N 3.983°W / 42.700; -3.983

Páramos (comarca)

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Páramos
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCastile and León Castile and León
ProvinceFlag of Burgos Burgos
CapitalSedano
Municipalities
List
  • See text
Area
 • Total862 km2 (333 sq mi)
Elevation
810 m (2,660 ft)
Population
 (2004)
 • Total3,029
 • Density3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipalitySedano
The Ebro gorges near Pesquera de Ebro
Miguel Delibes in Valle de Sedano, 1960.

Páramos, also known as "Sedano y Las Loras",[1] is a comarca located northwest of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bounded on the north-east by the Merindades, north-west by Cantabria, west by the Province of Palencia, and in the south by the Alfoz de Burgos and Odra-Pisuerga comarcas.

Administrative Entities

Municipalities and villages:

Geography

History

Shires of the province of Burgos.
  Páramos
  Ebro

See also

References

  1. ^ Sedano y las Loras Turismoburgos.org
  2. ^ Hist. some authors consider it included a part of Odra-Pisuerga

External links

42°42′N 3°59′W / 42.700°N 3.983°W / 42.700; -3.983