León, Castile and León
León, a city of nearly 132 thousand,1 with a metropolitan population of nearly 202 thousand,2 is located on the left (east) bank of the Bernesga River,3 in its eponymous province, in Castile and León Autonomous Community, España (Spain). It is along one of the pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostella; the routes in Spain constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tallest modern building is the Doctor Flemming 2 (179 feet, 1970).4
External references
Overview of León, León Province, Castile and León autonomous Community, España (Spain)
Footnotes
1. 2012 figure from the side bar of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logro%C3%B1o, accessed December 28-30, 2015.
2. Francisco Ruiz column for 2008 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Spain, accessed 12/28-30/2015.
3. The Bernesga flows into the Esla, which in turn flows into the Duero (Douro).
4. Emporis.com, accessed April 20, 2016.
