Posada de Valdeón

Place in Castile and León, Spain

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43°09′N 4°56′W / 43.150°N 4.933°W / 43.150; -4.933CountrySpainAutonomous community Castile and LeónProvinceLeónMunicipalityPosada de ValdeónArea

• Total164 km² (63 sq mi)Population

(2018)^[1]

• Total433 • Density2.6/km² (6.8/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Posada de Valdeón (Astur-Leonese: Valdión) is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.

Population

According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 526 inhabitants.

Villages

Posada de Valdeón's municipality has eight villages (Popular name / Official name):

Caín / Caín de Valdeón
Santa Marina / Santa Marina de Valdeón
Caldevilla / Caldevilla de Valdeón
Cordiñanes / Cordiñanes de Valdeón
Los Llanos / Los Llanos de Valdeón
Posada / Posada de Valdeón
Prada / Prada de Valdeón
Soto / Soto de Valdeón

Climate

Vega de Liordes, an enclave in the Leon sector of Picos de Europa belonging to the municipality of Posada de Valdeón registered −35.8 °C (−32.4 °F) on January 7, 2021.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Vega de Liordes (León) bate este jueves el récord histórico de temperatura mínima en España con -35,8 grados" [Vega de Liordes (León) beats this Thursday the historical record for the minimum temperature in Spain with -35.8 degrees] (in Spanish). elDiario.es. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
^ "Spain records coldest ever temperature at minus 35.8 degrees Celsius". Retrieved 12 January 2021.