Briviesca
Sign in to saveBriviesca is a municipality and a Spanish city located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, head of the judicial district of Briviesca, capital of the comarca of La Bureba and province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León. According to the demographic data of 2017, the municipality has 6,861 inhabitants, being the 4th most populated in the province. The municipality of Briviesca is made up of five towns: Briviesca (seat or capital), Cameno, Quintanillabón, Revillagodos and Valdazo.
Key facts
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- Briviesca
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- Capital de La Bureba ("La Bureba's capital")
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- Municipality and town
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- Bandera de Briviesca (Burgos).svg
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- Escudo de Briviesca (Burgos).svg
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- Ex-Colegiata de Santa María.jpg
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- Santa María church (15th-18th century)
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- Spain Province of Burgos#Spain Castile and León#Spain
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- Location in Spain.
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Province
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- Burgos
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- Comarca
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- La Bureba
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- Postal code
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- 09240
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 81
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Name
- Geographic Location
- Transport
- Road
- Railway
- Plane
- Symbols
- Anthem
- Shield
- Flag
- History
- The origins of Briviesca and La Bureba
- Demography
- Population by Nucleus
- Administration
- Local Administration
- Judicial Administration
- Economy
- Primary Sector
- Secondary Sector
- Tertiary Sector
- Festivities
- Carnivals
- Couples' Fair
- Easter
- Pilgrimage and day of Saint Casilda
- Notable people
- References
Briviesca is a municipality and a Spanish city located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, head of the judicial district of Briviesca, capital of the comarca of La Bureba and province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León. According to the demographic data of 2017, the municipality has 6,861 inhabitants, being the 4th most populated in the province. The municipality of Briviesca is made up of five towns: Briviesca (seat or capital), Cameno, Quintanillabón, Revillagodos and Valdazo.
The first settlements date back to the 1st century BC, when the Autrigones, that extended by all the current region of the Bureba and the Upper Ebro valley, established here their capital. Subsequently Briviesca, by then called Virovesca, was already considered an important nucleus of population, where the Romans inhabited in the crossroads of two important Roman roads.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Briviesca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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