León, Spain (esp)

León, Spain

León, Spain ranks 1,442nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lecce, Lahti, and Saint-Brieuc. The most famous people from León, Spain are Buenaventura Durruti, César Rodríguez Álvarez, and Moses de León. The most famous people who died in León, Spain are Ferdinand I of León, Ordoño II of León, and Ramiro II of León. León, Spain has been the birth place of many politicians, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. León, Spain is located in Spain.

León is a city and municipality of Spain and the capital of the province of León located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, south of the Cantabrian Mountains in between the Bernesga and the Torío rivers. The municipality has a registered population of 122,866, and is the centre of a metropolitan area of around 0.2 million. Read more on Wikipedia