Castile and León Present-day population distribution

In 1960 the urban population meant 20.6% of the total population of Castile and León; in 1991 this percentage had risen to 42.3% and in 1998 it was approaching 43%, which indicates the progressive state of rural depopulation.

The phenomenon is also reflected in the number of municipalities with less than 100 inhabitants, which was multiplied by seven between 1960 and 1986. Outside the provincial capitals, cities such as Miranda de Ebro and Aranda de Duero in Province of Burgos, Ponferrada and San Andrés del Rabanedo in Province of León, Béjar in Province of Salamanca and Medina del Campo and Laguna de Duero in Province of Valladolid.

Of the 2248 municipalities of this community, the 2014 registry registered 1,986 with less than 1,000 inhabitants; 204 from 1,001 to 5,000; 35 from 5,001 to 10,000; 8 of 10,001 to 20,000; 6 of 20,001 to 50,000; 5 of 50,001 to 100,000 and 4 municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. The latter are: Valladolid (306,830 hab.), Burgos (177,776 hab.), Salamanca (148,042 hab.) And León (129,551 hab.) Among the least populated are, between others: Jaramillo Quemado (Burgos), with 4 inhabitants, Estepa de San Juan (Soria), with 7, Quiñonería (Soria), with 8 and Villanueva de Gormaz (Soria), with 9.

Below is a table showing the 20 municipalities with the largest population according to the municipal census of the INE of 2015:

Largest municipalities in Castile and León

Instituto Nacional de Estadística de España (2015)

Rank Province Pop.

1 Valladolid Valladolid 303,905

2 Burgos Burgos 177,100

3 Salamanca Salamanca 146,438

4 León León 127,817

5 Palencia Palencia 79,595

6 Ponferrada León 66,884

7 Zamora Zamora 63,831

8 Ávila Ávila 58,358