Villalbos Explained

Villalbos Village
View	Villalbos
Province
	09258
Coordinates  - Latitude:  - Longitude:	42°46' N 3º19' W
	860 m
Area	km^2
Distances	17 km to Belorado 39 km to Burgos
	25 inhabitants inhabitants/km^2
	Villalbés
River	Oca
Mayor (2007-)	Isabel Bonilla Calleja (Partido Popular)

Villalbos is a small village in the north-east of Burgos Province, autonomous community of Castilla-Leon (Spain).

Geography

Villalbos is located in the left border of Oca River that leads to Ebro river.

Wikimapia\Coordenadas: 42°26'40"N 3°19'47"W

History

At the beginning of the 10th century a Castilian count, don Rodrigo Díaz, known as "Abolmondar Albo" in the mozarabic world, founded a settlement next to the Oca river. From those settlements came the actual towns of Villalmondar (Abolmondar) and Villalbos (Albos).

Church

The Catholic Church of Saint Thomas Apostle was built in the past but it still keeps the Bell's Tower, the main Latin cross plant and the cemetery.

Demography

Demography evolution

!1842 !!!! 1857 !!!! 1860 !!!! 1877 !!!! 1887 !!!! 1897 !!!! 1900 !!!! 1910 !!!! 1920 !!!!2007

109

153

169

124

116

126

120

133

129

25

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20100429073256/http://www.everyoneweb.com/villalbos/ Villalbos "Abolmondar Albo's Land" (in Spanish)
• http://webs.ono.com/villalbos/ (Unofficial Web in Spanish Language)

42.4444°N -3.3297°W