La Cepeda is an ancient

historical region History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

in the landlocked

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 ...

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

. It borders with

La Maragatería LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second most populous city in the United States of America. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music *La (musical note), or A, the sixth note *"L.A.", a song by Elliott Smit ...

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 ...

Omaña Omaña is a comarca of the province of León, autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain. It is a historical region without administrative recognition. The traditional capital of the region is Murias de Paredes, which was the head of ...

and La Vega del Órbigo. It is a traditional comarca without administrative recognition.

Municipal terms

Quintana del Castillo Quintana del Castillo is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. (data from INE), the municipality has a population of 909 inhabitants. It is part of the historical region of La Cepeda. Villages * Abano * Cas ...

* Magaz de Cepeda *

Villagatón Villagatón is a municipality located in the León (province), province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 734 inhabitants. Vill ...

Villamejil Villamejil is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. (data from INE), the municipality has a population of 545 inhabitants. It is part of the historical region of La Cepeda. Villages * Castrillo de Cepeda ...

* Villaobispo de Otero

External links

La Maragatería y Cepeda

La Cepeda
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