Sargentes de la Lora

Sargentes de la Lora
Municipality and town
View of Sargentes de la Lora, 2010
View of Sargentes de la Lora, 2010
Coat of arms of Sargentes de la Lora
Municipal location of Sargentes de la Lora in the Páramos comarca
Municipal location of Sargentes de la Lora in the Páramos comarca
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León Castile and León
ProvinceFlag of Burgos Burgos
ComarcaPáramos
Area
 • Total85 km2 (33 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total114
 • Density1.3/km2 (3.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09145
Websitehttp://www.sargentesdelalora.es/

Sargentes de la Lora is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 196 inhabitants.

In 1963, a petroleum reservoir was discovered in Ayoluengo de la Lora, a town of the municipality. Since 1964, 17 million oil barrels had been extracted. The reservoir had been exploited by Chevron Corporation (until 1990), Repsol (until 2002) and Northern Petroleum.[2]

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Petróleo - Estación petrolífera de Ayoluengo Ayoluengo.es (in Spanish)