Official Name: | Rabé de las Calzadas |
Motto: | Un suspiro en el camino ("A sight on the way") |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Postal Code: | 09130 |
Area Total Km2: | 10.107 |
Elevation M: | 831 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Website: | http://www.rabedelascalzadas.es/ |
Rabé de las Calzadas is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 154 inhabitants.
Camino de Santiago, entrance to the town after crossing the Urbel river.The 20 of February of 1085, King Alfonso VI donated the village to the Hospital of the Emperor, located in the city of Burgos, district of San Pedro de la Fuente and in 1128 Alfonso VII donated to the hospital with all their belongings to the mitra from Burgos, since which time the bishops and archbishops of Burgos held their ownership.
Its name may have its origin from Roman times, since a large number of Roman roads passed through this municipality.