Capillas

For the district in Peru, see Capillas District. For other uses, see Capilla.

Capillas
Municipality
Church of St. Augustinus
Capillas Location in Castile and León
Coordinates: 42°0′48″N 4°53′27″W
Country	Spain
Community	Castile and León
Province	Palencia
Comarca	Tierra de Campos
Government
• Mayor	Ascensión Curieses Alonso (PSOE, since 2007)
Area
• Total	18.27 km^2 (7.05 sq mi)
Elevation	753 m (2,470 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	77
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Capilludo, capilluda, capilludos, capilludas
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Capillas is a Spanish municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León. In 2013, its population was 86.

History

The town was first mentioned in 916 as Fonte de Capela, one of the first settlements of the region.^[2] Its name, in Spanish, means "chapels".

Geography

Capillas, part of the comarca of Tierra de Campos, is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Palencia and 52 kilometres (32 mi)from Valladolid.^[3] The municipality borders Boada de Campos, Castil de Vela, Castromocho, Gatón de Campos (in the province of Valladolid), Meneses de Campos and Villarramiel.^[4]

Demographics

1900[5]	1910[5]	1920[5]	1930[5]	1940[5]	1950[5]	1960[5]	1970[5]	1981[5]	1991[5]	2004	2013
513	465	386	365	389	375	354	181	162	143	102	86

Personality

Francisco Blanco Salcedo, born here in 1512, was Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela for seven years.

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. Luis Frechilla García: GR 26 y GR 89. Los senderos de Tierra de Campos. Fundación Patrimonio Natural de Castilla León, 2008. ISBN 9788461214334
3. "Capillas" (Map). Google Maps.
4. 340275 (x j a h) Capillas on OpenStreetMap
5. "Source" (in Spanish). INE. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.

External links

Media related to Capillas at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Spanish) Capillas official website