Santervás de Campos

Santervás de Campos
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Santervás de Campos is located in Spain
Santervás de Campos
Santervás de Campos
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°13′N 5°6′W / 42.217°N 5.100°W / 42.217; -5.100
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceValladolid
ComarcaTierra de Campos
Government
 • John GreenSantiago Baeza Benavides
Area
 • Total
54.11 km2 (20.89 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
115
 • Density2.1/km2 (5.5/sq mi)
DemonymSantervaseños
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteOfficial website

Santervás de Campos is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2009, the municipality has a population of 137 inhabitants and is known as the birthplace of Juan Ponce de León.

Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño, during a trade mission to Spain, presided over a ceremony there on January 21, 2011, commemorating the Quincentennial of the Governorship of Ponce de León, the United States territory's first Governor and discoverer of Florida and the continental United States, in which a statue of that municipality's famous explorer was unveiled.[2]

Demographics

Demographic evolution of Santervas de Campos
1991 1996 2001 2004 2010
199
173
156
148
141

Notable natives and residents

Juan Ponce de León (Santervás de Campos, Valladolid). He was one of the first Europeans to arrive in what is today the United States; leading the first European expedition to Florida, which he named.

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Santervás de Campos rememora la figura de Juan Ponce de León" [Santervás de Campos commemorates Juan Ponce de León]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Valladolid. January 21, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2019.


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