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Astorga | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Astorga Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°27′32″N 6°3′48″W / 42.45889°N 6.06333°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Castile and León |
| Province | León |
| Comarca | La Maragatería |
| Judicial district | Astorga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Victorina Alonso Fernández (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.78 km2 (18.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 870 m (2,850 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,029 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Astorganos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 24700 |
| Dialing code | 987 |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | Official website |
Astorga (Spanish: [asˈtoɾɣa] , Leonese: Estorga) is a municipality[2] and city of Spain located in the central area of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, 43 kilometres (27 mi) southwest of the provincial capital. It is located in the transit between the Páramo Leonés and the mountains of León and acts as the backbone of the comarcas of Maragatería, La Cepeda and the Ribera del Órbigo. The city is the head of one of the most extensive and oldest dioceses of Spain, whose jurisdiction covers half of the province of León and part of Ourense and Zamora.[3] It is also head of the judicial party number 5 of the province of León.[4]
Astorga lies in the area of the Maragatos, a small ethnic and cultural community with distinctive customs and architecture. The town lies at the junction of the French route of the Camino de Santiago, the most popular route, and the Silver Route from Mérida in southern Spain, an alternative route of the Way of St. James (Spanish: Camino de Santiago). Saint Turibius of Astorga was bishop of the city in the 5th century.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas. "Registro de entidades locales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ Diócesis de Astorga. "Descripción y datos generales" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ Consejo General de Procuradores de España. "Partido judicial n.º 5 de León" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2018-03-01.