La Hiniesta

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La Hiniesta

Total population

277

Elevation692 m

Land area33.15 km²

Coordinates41.55°, -5.80°

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

City facts

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Overview

La Hiniesta, 7 km from the capital, Zamora, of currently belongs to the province of the same name in the Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla-León in Spain. Uts population was 364 inhabitants. Its major attraction is the Iglesia de Santa María, a church that King Sancho IV of Leon ordered built in the honor of the Virgin, who appeared to him in una cacería entre unas hiniestas o retamas, from whence it gets its more frequently-used name, Virgen de la Hiniesta. Among its more famous products are the sheep milk cheese, of exquisite purity, of both natural and artisanal manufacture.

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

Ferdinand III of Castille

13th-century saint and king of Castile, Leon and Galicia

Ángel Nieto

Spanish motorcycle racer

Leopoldo Alas

Spanish author (1852–1901)

Alfonso IX of León

King of León and Galicia from 1188 to 1230

Sancho II of León and Castile

King of Leon and Castile

Ordoño III of León

King of León from 951 to 956

Alfonso de Castro

Spanish theologian

Ana Pastor Julián

Spanish politician

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Spanish general and statesman

Juan Nicasio Gallego

Spanish poet (1777-1853)

B

Bartolomé de Escobedo

Spanish composer

García II of Galicia

King of Galicia

Diego de Ordaz

Spanish explorer

A

Alfonso de Zamora

Spanish rabbi

J

José Iglesias Fernández

Spanish football player/manager (1926–2007)

I

Isaac ben Moses Arama

rabbi, philosopher and preacher

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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