Caleruega

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Caleruega

Total population

377

Elevation960 m

Land area47.63 km²

Coordinates41.83°, -3.49°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Caleruega is a small town and municipality located in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. It is part of the province of Burgos. The town is a few miles south of the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Manés de Guzmán

Spanish Dominican friar

Zacarías Martínez Núñez

Spanish bishop (1864-1933)

S

Santiago Manguán

Spanish long-distance runner

V

Vicente Peña

Spanish priest

D

Deogracias Palacios

M

Martín González de Navas

Spanish politician

T

Teodoro Calvo Madrid

Spanish Augustinian friar (1929-2010)

G

Gerardo del Pozo Abejón

Catholic priest, theologian and university professor

S

Santiago del Cura Elena

Teacher (Higher Education)

J

Jesús Espeja Pardo

Spanish Dominican theologian (1931-)

Saint Dominic

founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Castile and León

• Santo Domingo de Silos
  10.1 mi away · pop. 171
• Puentedura
  15.8 mi away · pop. 118
• Covarrubias
  16.3 mi away · pop. 485
• Castrillo de la Reina
  17 mi away · pop. 159
• Salas de los Infantes
  17 mi away · pop. 1,916
• Castrillo de la Vega
  19.3 mi away · pop. 625
• Lerma
  19.6 mi away · pop. 2,489
• Palacios de la Sierra
  20.8 mi away · pop. 662
• Torresandino
  21.8 mi away · pop. 564
• San Esteban de Gormaz
  22.7 mi away · pop. 2,438
• Villafruela
  22.8 mi away · pop. 140
• Olmedillo de Roa
  23.2 mi away · pop. 188

Browse all places in Castile and León →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Griffon

Gyps fulvus

Seen 2026-09-05

Thekla's Lark

Galerida theklae

Seen 2026-08-28

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Seen 2026-08-28

Signal Crayfish

Pacifastacus leniusculus

Seen 2026-08-27

Dwarf Elder

Sambucus ebulus

Seen 2026-08-16

Natterjack Toad

Epidalea calamita

Seen 2026-08-15

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-08-15

walnut leaf gall mite

Aceria tristriata

Seen 2026-08-14

Tawny-barred Angle

Macaria liturata

Seen 2026-08-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).