Comarca and Natural region in Castile and León, Spain
Tierra de Campos
Comarca and Natural region
Cultivated fields in northern Valladolid Province
Country
Spain
Autonomous community
Castile and León
Province
León, Zamora, Valladolid and Palencia
Capital
Palencia (unofficial)
Municipalities
List
See text
Elevation
740 m (2,430 ft)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality
Palencia
Map of Tierra de Campos as it appears in the book "La Tierra de Campos: Región Natural", by Justo González GarridoLocation of present-day administrative areas under the name 'Tierra de Campos' in Castile and LeónCharacteristic Tierra de Campos landscape near Abastas.
Tierra de Campos ("Land of Fields") is a large historical and natural region or greater comarca that straddles the provinces of León, Zamora, Valladolid and Palencia, in Castile and León, Spain. It is a vast, desolate plain with practically no relief, except for some wide undulations of the terrain.
Originally it was known as "Gothic Plains" (Campi Gothici or Campi Gothorum), as the area had been settled by Visigoths who fled from Aquitaine Gaul after its conquest by the Franks. It was first mentioned under this name in Codex Vigilanus(Codex Albeldensis), and described as extending "from the river Douro, to the Christian Kingdom".[1]
Despite the strong identity of its inhabitants, this historical region has not been able to achieve the necessary legal recognition for its administrative development. Therefore, its municipalities have resorted to organizing themselves in a mancomunidad,[2] the only legal formula that has allowed the region to manage its public municipal resources meaningfully. Palencia is widely considered to be the capital of the Tierra de Campos.
^Vaca Lorenzo, Ángel. "LA TIERRA DE CAMPOS Y SUS BASES ECOLÓGICAS EN EL SIGLO XIV". STVDIA HISTORICA. HISTORIA MEDIEVAL., page 3, Campos quos dicunt Goticos usque adflumen Dorium eremauit, et xpistianorum regnum extendit
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offensive against the nobles of TierradeCampos. The nobles' land and holdings were completely devastated. In mid-January, Pedro de Ayala, Count of Salvatierra...
interest for its birdlife. In the TierradeCampos two large Special Protection Areas (La Nava-Campos Norte and La Nava-Campos Sur) have been designated. These...
Pata de mulo cheese is a type of cheese made from ewe's milk in the TierradeCampos comarca of Castilla y León, Spain. It originated as the aged version...
region of TierradeCampos ("Land of Fields"), is the development of traditional sheep's cheese, among which is the cheese of Villalón deCampos, curing...
Guaza deCampos is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. It is in the plain known as the TierradeCampos. According...
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market square in the Visigoths' era. Documents relating to the TierradeCampos and Campos Gothic or Campii Gotorum date from this period. In the middle...
Édgar Alexánder Campos Mora, better known as Alex Campos, is a Colombian evangelical singer-songwriter. Campos has won three Latin Grammy Awards for Best...
because it was a cheap and readily available source of protein. In the TierradeCampos, a resource-poor region of north-western Spain, squab meat was an important...
enemies, led by Nuño Pérez de Lara, brother of the young Alfonso's regent, Manrique, at Lobregal in the TierradeCampos, near Villabrágima. The Anales...
364. Colino & del Pino 2010, p. 363. Mancomunidad deTierradeCampos "Mancomunitat Intermunicipal de la Vall del Tenes". Archived from the original on...
census (INE), the municipality has a population of 56 inhabitants. TierradeCampos Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute. 42°19′N...
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