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The Leonese region encompassed the provinces of Salamanca, Zamora, and León, now part of the modern Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. As is the case with other historical regions, and continuing with centuries of history, the inhabitants of the Leonese region are still called Leonese.
- 38,489 km² (14,861 sq mi)
- Castile and León
- 969,783
- Spain
Castile and León [a] is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983 by the merging of the provinces of the historic region of León: León, Zamora and Salamanca with those of Old Castile ( Castilla la Vieja ): Ávila, Burgos, Palencia, Segovia, Soria and Valladolid. The provinces of Santander and Logroño, which until ...
- Valladolid (de facto)
The autonomous community of Castile-León was established on February 25, 1983, from the historic region of Old Castile. Area 36,381 square miles (94,226 square km). Pop. (2010 est.) 2,494,988. Castile-León, Spain. The terrain of Castile-León consists mainly of an undulating plateau with an average elevation of about 2,500 feet (760 metres).
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The Region of León, Leonese region or Leonese Country is a historic territory defined by the 1833 Spanish administrative organisation. The Leonese region encompassed the provinces of Salamanca, Zamora, and León, now part of the modern Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. As is the case with other historical regions, and continuing with centuries of history, the inhabitants of ...
Castile, Spain. Castile, traditional central region constituting more than one-quarter of the area of peninsular Spain. Castile’s northern part is called Old Castile and the southern part is called New Castile. The region formed the core of the Kingdom of Castile, under which Spain was united in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
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As a result, the Crown of Castile was created, combining the kingdoms of León and Castile under one flag. For a long time, its banner was still the Leonese lion but its language became Castilian. The Leonese resisted this power transition for centuries, though: León had its own laws, parliament, and coinage well into the Early Modern Era.
Relations with Castile were rarely friendly, but Leon was a stable political entity during this time and won notable victories over the Moors in Leonese Extremadura. After the final union with Castile (1230), Leonese political and administrative institutions were, for a time, maintained, and the records of the Cortes show that some sense of the ...
