Sargentes de la Lora
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.
Sargentes de la Lora | |
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Municipality and town | |
 View of Sargentes de la Lora, 2010 | |
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 Municipal location of Sargentes de la Lora in the Páramos comarca | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community |  |
| Province |  |
| Comarca | Páramos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 85 km2 (33 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 114 |
| • Density | 1.3/km2 (3.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 09145 |
| Website | http://www.sargentesdelalora.es/ |
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.[2]
People from Sargentes de la Lora
- Andrés Manjón (1846-1923): Catholic priest and educator.
See also
- Páramos (comarca)
- Valle del Rudrón
References
- Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- Petróleo - Estación petrolífera de Ayoluengo Ayoluengo.es (in Spanish)
- La Cabaña, Dolmen, La Lora Typicalish.com (in Spanish)
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