Capillas

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

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

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 km far from Palencia and 52 from Valladolid.[3] The municipality borders with 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

Personalities

• Francisco Blanco Salcedo (1512–1581), archbishop of Iria and Compostela

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. Google. "Capillas" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
4. 340275 Capillas on OpenStreetMap
5. (in Spanish) Source Archived 18 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine: INE

External links

Media related to Capillas at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Spanish) Capillas official website