Fresnillo de las Dueñas

Fresnillo de las Dueñas 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 349 inhabitants.

Fresnillo de las Dueñas
Municipality and town
The main facade of the church of Fresnillo de las Dueñas
CountrySpain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Burgos
ComarcaRibera del Duero
Area
  Total14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
802 m (2,631 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total653
  Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09417
Websitehttp://www.fresnillodelasdueñas.es/

On 1 February 1095, Count García Ordóñez and his wife, Infanta Urraca Garcés, sister of Sancho IV of Navarre, granted a fuero of privileges to Fresnillo, then a part of their lordship centred on Nájera.[2]

Notes

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile (Cambridge, 1997), 249.

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