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Rabé de las Calzadas
Municipality and town
View of the main square in Rabé de las Calzadas, 2011
View of the main square in Rabé de las Calzadas, 2011
Flag of Rabé de las Calzadas
Flag
Coat of arms of Rabé de las Calzadas
Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Un suspiro en el camino ("A sight on the way")
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León Castile and León
Province Flag of Burgos Burgos
Comarca Alfoz de Burgos
Area
 • Total 10.107 km2 (3.902 sq mi)
Elevation
831 m (2,726 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 208
 • Density 20.58/km2 (53.30/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09130
Website http://www.rabedelascalzadas.es/

Rabé de las Calzadas is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 154 inhabitants.

History

Camino de Santiago, entrance to the town after crossing the Urbel river. The 20 of February of 1085, King Alfonso VI donated the village to the Hospital of the Emperor, located in the city of Burgos, district of San Pedro de la Fuente and in 1128 Alfonso VII donated to the hospital with all their belongings to the mitra from Burgos, since which time the bishops and archbishops of Burgos held their ownership.

Its name may have its origin from Roman times, since a large number of Roman roads passed through this municipality.

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