Barruelo de Santullán
Barruelo de Santullán is a place and a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) in the province of Palencia in the Autonomous Community of Castile- Leon msnm to 1040. It has an area of 53 km ², 1373 inhabitants (2013 ) and a population density of 26 inhabitants per km ².
Location
The municipality is located 113 kilometers north of the provincial capital, Palencia and north of Aguilar de Campoo. Barruelo de Santullán can be reached via the road P -220.
Community structure
- Barruelo de Santullán
- Bustillo de Santullán
- Cillamayor
- Matabuena
- Nava de Santullán
- Porquera de Santullán
- Revilla de Santullán
- Santa María de Nava
- Verbios
- Villabellaco
- Villanueva de la Torre
Demographics
Attractions
- Romanesque church of Santo Tomás
- Museo Minero ( Mining Museum )
- Shows Museo de Herminio Revilla, the sculptures by local artist
Economy
The place lived since the 19th century from the mining of coal and minerals. The decline of the industry since the 1960s is clearly reflected in the population development.
Personalities
- Ambrosio Ortega ( * 1925 in Barruelo de Santullán ), painter