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Villaquilambre () (Villaquirame in Leonese language) is a municipality located in the Province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2025 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 18,905.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Villaquilambre
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Spanish
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Villaquilambre
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_size
350px
Settlement.image_flag
Bandera de Villaquilambre.svg
Settlement.image_shield
Escudo de Villaquilambre.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Spain
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Autonomous Community
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2
León
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Tierras de León
Settlement.leader_party
UPL
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.leader_name
Vicente Álvarez Flórez

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Villaquilambre
Demonym
zardino
Country
Spain
Located in
León Province
Continent
Europe
Population
18905
Area
52.69
Elevation
887
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Valdefresno
Image
View of Navatejera Roman Villa ruins.JPG
Licence plate code
LE
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Commons category
Villaquilambre
postal code
24193
male population
9230
female population
9408
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Villaquilambre () (Villaquirame in Leonese language) is a municipality located in the Province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2025 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 18,905.

==Geography== Villaquilambre is a municipality located about north of León on the right bank of the river Torío. It covers an area of . The highest point in the municipality is the Alto de la Vallina Fonda, which rises to , and the average height is above sea level. To the west lies the municipality of Sariegos, to the north the municipality of Garrafe de Torío and to the east the municipality of Valdefresno. Villaquilambre is situated on the boundary of the broad valley to the south, where the Torío joins the Bernesga, and the Cantabrian mountain range to the north. The slopes to the west and north of the town are forested with oaks, including the Mediterranean oak, and the land near the River Torío to the east has willow and poplar, with pine forests on the slopes above.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Villaquilambre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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