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Tuerto floodplain in La Polantera

San Cristóbal de la Polantera, La Bañeza, León

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Tuerto floodplain in La Polantera

Nature · San Cristóbal de la Polantera, La Bañeza, León

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San Cristóbal de la Polantera is one of six municipalities that make up the Vega del Tuerto, a traditional, geographic and farming region of the province of León that stretches along the river plain of the Tuerto from San Justo de la Vega to near La Bañeza, where the Tuerto joins the Duerna and flows into the Órbigo; it has a total of about 6000 inhabitants and its commercial centre is shared between La Bañeza, Astorga and Veguellina de Órbigo. The municipality, covering 24.6 square kilometres at about 796 metres in altitude, comprises eight settlements spread across the river plain: Matilla, Posadilla, San Román el Antiguo, Seisón, Veguellina de Fondo, Villagarcía and Villamediana de la Vega.

Photo: Félix Barrio (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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