{{redirect|Merindades|the administrative division in general|merindad}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=January 2021}} {{More footnotes needed|date=February 2025}} }} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Las Merindades | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = Comarca | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = MERINDADES.jpg | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{Flag|Spain}} | subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Castile and León}} Castile and León | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = 20px|Flag of Burgos Burgos | seat_type = Capital | seat = 20px|Flag of Villarcayo Villarcayo | parts_type = Municipalities | parts_style = list | p1 = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | blank_name_sec1 = Largest municipality | blank_info_sec1 = Medina de Pomar | timezone1 = CET | utc_offset1 = +1 | timezone1_DST = CEST | utc_offset1_DST = +2 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = | website = [http://www.mancomunidadlasmerindades.es/ mancomunidadlasmerindades.es] | footnotes = }}
'''Las Merindades''' is a ''comarca'' located north of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bounded on the north-west by the province of Cantabria, north-east by the province of Biscay, south by La Bureba, south-east by Ebro, south-west by Páramos, and on the east by the province of Álava.
==History== Located in the north of the province of Burgos, the Merindades are the birthplace of the name "Castilla".{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} Most of the villages of the Merindades were quoted in the 14th-century manuscript, the ''Becerro de Behetrias'', at the moment of the creation of the merindad subdivision by Pedro of Castile.
==Administrative entities== [[File:Mapa Comarcas de Burgos.PNG|right|thumb|upright=1.35|Comarcas of Burgos {{div col|colwidth=10em}} {{Legend|#808000|Páramos}} {{Legend|#00AA00|Alfoz de Burgos}} {{Legend|#FF0000|Odra y Pisuerga}} {{Legend|#892CA0|Arlanza}} {{Legend|#008080|Ribera del Duero}} {{Legend|#0000AA|Merindades}} {{Legend|#AA0000|Ebro}} {{Legend|#CCFF00|La Bureba}} {{Legend|#D4AA00|Montes de Oca}} {{Legend|#D40055|Sierra de la Demanda}} {{div col end}} ]]
The capital of the ''comarca'' is Villarcayo, although the biggest town in the ''comarca'' is Medina de Pomar.
===Municipalities (26)=== Source:<ref>In parentheses is the number of towns and minor local entities from each municipality</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em| * Alfoz de Bricia (13) * Alfoz de Santa Gadea (3) * Arija * Berberana (2) * Cillaperlata * Espinosa de los Monteros (26) * Frías (3) * Junta de Traslaloma (9) * Junta de Villalba de Losa (5) * Jurisdicción de San Zadornil (4) * Los Altos (11) * Medina de Pomar (36) * Merindad de Cuesta Urria (27) * Merindad de Montija (21) * Merindad de Sotoscueva (26) * Merindad de Valdeporres (16) * Merindad de Valdivielso (14) * Partido de la Sierra en Tobalina (3) * Trespaderne (7) * Valle de Losa (29) * Valle de Manzanedo (19) * Valle de Mena (116) * Valle de Tobalina (35) * Valle de Valdebezana (26) * Valle de Zamanzas (6) * Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja (34) }}
==See also== * Province of Burgos
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.burgos.es/ website of the Province of Burgos delegation] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110128045310/http://www.senderismoadala.org/montes.html Mountains in the region] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807225040/http://www.historiadelasmerindades.com/ History of Merindades] (Spanish)
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Category:Comarcas of the Province of Burgos
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