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Sargentes de la Lora

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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Páramos

Postal code
  
09145

Area
  
85 km²

Population
  
134 (2014)

Autonomous community
  
Castile and León

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Elevation
  
1,019 m

Local time
  
Wednesday 8:04 PM

Province
  
Province of Burgos

Sargentes de la Lora

Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 87% Humidity

Sargentes de la Lora is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 196 inhabitants.

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Map of 09145 Sargentes de la Lora, Burgos, Spain

In 1963, a petroleum reservoir was discovered in Ayoluengo de la Lora, a town of the municipality. Since 1964, 17 million oil barrels had been extracted. The reservoir had been exploited by Chevron Corporation (until 1990), Repsol (until 2002) and Northern Petroleum.

Main sights

  • La Cabaña dolmen: Prehistoric megalith.
  • People from Sargentes de la Lora

  • Andrés Manjón (1846-1923): Catholic priest and educator.
  • References

    Sargentes de la Lora Wikipedia