Valdecañas de Cerrato
| Valdecañas de Cerrato | |
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| Town and district | |
Map of el Cerrato. Valdecañas de Cerrato in the centre at 313
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| Coordinates: 41°59′35″N 4°11′13″W / 41.993°N 4.187°WCoordinates: 41°59′35″N 4°11′13″W / 41.993°N 4.187°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Comarca | El Cerrato |
| Municipality | Pedanía of Baltanás |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luís Javier López Modrón (PP) |
| Elevation | 810 m (2,660 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 64 |
| INE | |
| Postal code | 34249 |
| Area code(s) | 979 |
Valdecañas de Cerrato is a town and a district in the municipality of Baltanás. It is located 9 km from Baltanás in the comarca of El Cerrato (Palencia), in the autonomous community of Castile and León (Spain), and belongs to the jurisdiction of Palencia.
Valdecañas de Cerrato's geography is dotted with hills surrounded by moors and the population is settled at the foot of the Piyayo peak or the Roble peak, also called "Carrascal hill" in a valley along which the Castillo, Pozo, Valle and Pozuelo streams flow. These meet at the cemetery and supply water to the Cañocaliente, Aguanal, Matilla, Águila, Mojapán, Piedra, Burros and Carropalenzuela springs that flow into the Pisuerga river, which disappear before reaching their outlets.
It lies at a distance of 14 km from the A-62, 37 km from Palencia, 53 km from Burgos and 68 km from Valladolid. To the north it is bordered by Tabanera de Cerrato, Villahán, Palenzuela, Herrera de Valdecañas and Quintana del Puente; to the south by Baltanás, Cevico Navero, Cevico de la Torre, Villaviudas and Villaconancio; to the east by Antigüedad, Cobos de Cerrato and Espinosa de Cerrato; and to the west by Torquemada, Hornillos de Cerrato, Magaz de Pisuerga, Baños de Cerrato, Hontoria de Cerrato and Dueñas.
Its climate is continental, with cold, dry winters. The summers are warm. The spring and autumn are short and pleasant.
According to statistics provided by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, the population of Valdecañas de Cerrato as at 1 January 2012 is 64 inhabitants.
The town was repopulated probably around the time when the Counts of Castile tried to defend the territory of El Cerrato. Repopulation was carried out by the Christian armies in the last third of the ninth century. They fortified it with a walled enclosure to protect it from the Hagrite incursions. From this period a necropolis is conserved in the vicinity of the Virgen del Campo hermitage. In 999 the Alfoz of Palenzuela was created, to which the town belonged. In 1070 Doña Domenga donated the monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña to various estates in the municipal term of Bal de Kannas, and in 1074 it was cited as an inheritance in the dowry letter of El Cid. In 1113 his wife, Jimena Díaz, sold a part to the chapter of the Burgos cathedral. The document states:
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