La Robla is a municipality located in the

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 ...

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 2020

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( INE), the municipality has a population of 3,752 inhabitants. The area around La Robla was once an important

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community. The train route from La Robla to

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was essential to the development of trade in the region. There is now a luxury

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service that travels along the

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visiting

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spots along the wa

Demography of La Robla

References

External links

La Robla Train
Municipalities in the Province of León {{León-geo-stub