Carracedelo () is a village and municipality located in the region of
El Bierzo
El Bierzo (; or ''El Bierzu''; ) is a '' comarca'' in the province of León, Spain. Its capital is the town of Ponferrada. Other major towns are Bembibre and Villafranca del Bierzo, the historical capital.
The territory of El Bierzo inclu ...
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province of León
León (, ; ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.
About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the c ...
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Castile and León
Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...
, Spain). According to the 2010
census
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INE), the municipality has a population of 3,658 inhabitants. The partially restored ruins of the
Monastery of Saint Mary of Carracedo are nearby.
The populated places of this municipality include Carracedo proper, Carracedo del Monasterio,
Posada del Bierzo, Villadepalos, Villamartín de la Abadía and Villaverde de la Abadía.
It is one of the towns of El Bierzo where the population also speaks Galician, but this language is extinguishing because the Junta of Castilla y León does not preserve Galician culture in this zone. For these reasons Galician is not taught in schools; it is an optional subject in the syllabus.
References
Municipalities in El Bierzo
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