Villamelendro de Valdavia

Villamelendro de Valdavia, Spain
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Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Palencia
Municipality	Villasila de Valdavia
Area
• Total	30.25 km2 (11.68 sq mi)
Elevation	880 m (2,890 ft)
Population  (2007)
• Total	36
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.villamelendro.es

Villamelendro is a hamlet of Villasila de Valdavia in the Vega-Valdavia region. Located in the transitional space between Montaña Palentina and Tierra de Campos in the Spanish province of Palencia (Castile and León) on the northern side of the triangle formed by Saldaña, Carrión de los Condes and Herrera de Pisuerga, 30 km to the North of the Camino de Santiago. It is located in the right margin of the River Valdavia, 0.8 km from the Provincial road "'PP-2401/a."'. Its present name first appears in a document of Emperor Charles V of the year 1537. According to the 2007 census (INE), the village has a population of 36 inhabitants.

Physical information

Map of Villamelendro de Valdavia

• Distance to Palencia: 75.6 km
• Distance to Burgos: 88.1 km
• Distance to León: 131.3 km
• Distance to Santander: 155.6 km

River Valdavia crosses the village from North to South, Villamelendro is on the right bank of it.

Demographic evolution

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
28	27	24	21	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16

Limits of the settlement

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Villamelendro. S.XVI

View of Villamelendro from La Vega.

Snowy day in Valdavia river at Villamelendro de Valdavia.

Original tower of the Church of La Asunción in Villamelendro de Valdavia built by Juan de la Cuesta around 1580. It was rebuilt as a bell Gamble at around 1960.

Heritage

• Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción: work of brick, masonry and stonework, with modern tower of belfry at the foot, which replaced the old tower with hipped roof, of masonry and bricks of two pockets in the middle of the 20th century since it threatened the ruin. Cover of brick arches, preceded by a portico of two arches on the side of the epistle. By analogy with other churches in the area, this portico should consist of three arches, although it is unknown when the one on the right side is blinded.

Toponomy

Hidronomy

Brooks
Boqueras, Aº. de las	Canalejas, Aº. de las	Cuérnago del Molino	Cuestamañana, Aº de	Franciscas, Aº. de las	Fuentemellada, Aº de
Huertas, Aº de las	Huerto Las Casas, Aº del	Lobas, Aº. de las	Majadillas, Aº. de las	Matafrades, Aº. De	Matazalce, Aº de
Orejo, Aº de	Quintanillas, Aº de las	Romilla, Aº de	Valdecabras, Aº de	Valdecirbano, Aº	Valdemadre, Aº de
Valdeodrés, Aº de

Fountains
Vega, Fuente de	Pueblo, Fuente del	Escuela, Fuente de la

Rivers
Valdavia, Río

Oronomy

Paths
Barriales, Cº de los	Campos, Cº de los	Fuentepedreña, Cº de	Itero Seco, Cº de	Landesa, Cº de	Otero Nombrado, Cº de
Palominas, Cº de las	Pepino, Cº de	Rigueras, Cº de las	S. Andrés, Cº de	Soto, Cº del	Sotobañado, Cº de
Camino de Dña. Olimpa, Cº	Villabasta, Cº. De	Villada, Cº de

Mountains
Corrillo, 990m	Lobas, 990m	Morcorio, 986m	Picones, Los. 985m

Places
Argañales, Los'	Arnillas, Las	Barciganillo	Camino de Villamelendro	Canalejas	Cañadillo, El
Corbejones, Los	Corrillo	Eras, Las	Espineras, Las	Fontecha, La	Franciscas, Las
Fuentemellada	Fuentepedreña	Hazas, Las	Hongares, Los	Huertas, Las	Huerto Las Casas
Landesa	Llanillos	Lobas, Las	Manrubial	Matafrades	Matazalce
Molino del Oleo	Olmos, Los	Orejo	Otero Nombrado	Pajariteros, Los	Palominas, Las
Payudos	Portilla, La	Quintana	Quintanas, Las	Rabas, Las	Ribero, El
Rigueras,Las	Romilla	Soto, El	Tras La Iglesia	Valdecirbano	Valdemadre
Valdeodrés

Other references

• http://www.vegavaldavia.com/Villamelendro
• Website of the City-hall of Villasila de Valdavia