Castile an León

Castile and León (Inglis /kæˈstiːl ən leɪˈoʊn/; Spaingie: Castilla y León [kasˈtiʎa i leˈon] ( listen); Leonese: Castiella y Llión [kasˈtjeʎa i ʎiˈoŋ]; Galician: Castela e León [kasˈtɛla e leˈoŋ]) is an autonomous commonty in northwastrern Spain. It wis sae constitutit in 1983 an it comprises the historical regions o León an Auld Castile (Spaingie: Castilla la Vieja). It is the lairgest autonomous commonty in Spain, coverin an aurie o 94,223 square kilometre (36,380 sq mi) wi an offícial population o aroond 2.5 million (2005).

Castilla an León [Castilla y León] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (in Spaingie)
Autonomous Commonty
Banner Coat airms
Map o Castile an León
Coordinates: 41°23′N 4°27′W
Kintra	Spain
Caipital	Valladolid (de facto[1])
Govrenment
• Preses	Juan Vicente Herrera (PP)
Area (18.6% o Spain; Rankit 1st)
• Total	94222 km2 (36,379 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	2,510,849
• Density	27/km2 (69/sq mi)
• Pop. rank	6t
• Percent	5.7% o Spain
Demonym
ISO 3166-2	CL
Offeecial leids	Spaingie (Leonese an Galicie hae special status)
Statute o Autonomy	2 Mairch 1983
Parliament	Cortes Generales
Congress seats	33 (o 350)
Senate seats	30 (o 264)
Website	Junta de Castilla y León

The organic law o Castile an León, unner the Spaingie Constitution o 1978, is the region's Statute o Autonomy. The statute lays oot the basic laws o the region an defines a series o essential values an sýmbols o the inhabitants o Castile an León, sic as their linguistic patrimony (the Castilian leid, that Scots speakers commonly refer tae simply as Spaingie, an Leonese an Galicie forby), an their historic, airtistic, an natural patrimony an aa. Ither sýmbols alludit tae are the coat o airms, flag, an banner; there is allusion tae a regional anthem an aa, tho as o 2009 nane haes been adoptit. Aprile 23 is designatit Castile an León Day, commemoratin the defeat o the comuneros at the Battle o Villalar durin the Revolt o the Comuneros, in 1521.

See an aa

• Castilian-Leonese cuisine
• Kinrick o Castile
• Kinrick o León