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Ponferrada

municipality in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain
Place Municipality Of Spain Q12164

Facts

25 properties

Identity

Instance of
municipality of Spain
Official website
www.ponferrada.org[27]
Official name
Ponferrada

Location

Country
Spain[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 42.546°, -6.591°[26]
Continent
Europe[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
León Province[2]
Shares border with
San Román de Bembibre, Molinaseca, Santa Colomba de Somoza, Lucillo, Truchas, Castrillo de Cabrera, Benuza, Priaranza del Bierzo, Borrenes, Carracedelo, Camponaraya, Cabañas Raras, Cubillos del Sil[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Population and size

Area
+283.17
Elevation above sea level
+512
Female population
+34003
Male population
+30671
Population
63k (63k–69k, n=24)[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]

Codes

Local dialing code
987[25]
Postal code
24401–24404[21]
More facts +10
Part of
Way of Saint James in the province of León, Wikidata item[22][23]
Capital
Ponferrada[6]
Contains settlement
Ponferrada, Bárcena del Bierzo, Bouzas, Campo, Carracedo de Compludo, Columbrianos, Compludo, Compostilla, Cuatrovientos, Dehesas, Espinoso de Compludo, Flores del Sil, Fuentesnuevas, Lombillo de Los Barrios, Manzanedo de Valdueza, La Martina, Montes de Valdueza, Otero (Ponferrada), Ozuela, Palacios de Compludo, Peñalba de Santiago, La Placa, Rimor, Salas de los Barrios, San Adrián de Valdueza, San Andrés de Montejos, San Clemente de Valdueza, San Cristóbal de Valdueza, San Esteban de Valdueza, San Lorenzo del Bierzo, Santa Lucía (Ponferrada), Santo Tomás de las Ollas, Toral de Merayo, Valdecañada, Valdefrancos, Villanueva de Valdueza, Villar de los Barrios[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]
Demonym
Ponferradino
Head of government
María Gloria Fernández Merayo, Olegario Ramón Fernández, Marco Morala[4]
Office held by the head of government
mayor of Ponferrada[42]
Owner of
Estadio El Toralín
Social media followers
+6152, +5688
Twinned administrative body
Pachuca[20]
Vehicle registration plate code
LE[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ponferrada ar بونفيرادا el Πονφερράδα fa پومفرادا fi Pontferrada he פונפראדה hi पोनफेरादा ja ポンフェラーダ ko 폰페라다 ru Понферрада th ปอนเฟร์ราดา zh 蓬费拉达 zh-hant 蓬費拉達
🔖 Identifiers · 37
VIAF cluster ID
137219562
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81110622
GND ID
4352489-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Δημαρχείο της Πονφερράδας 2026-08-13 3733.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13774085d
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12017419
De Agostini ID
Ponferrada
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4621
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Ponferrada
FAST ID
1215564
Facebook username
AytoPonferrada
FactGrid item ID
Wikidata item
Show all 37 identifiers +25
Freebase ID
/m/0411qy
GeoNames ID
6358656
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 6358656 GND (DNB) 3113236 edition 2026-09-30 · CC0 1.0 ↗
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7008400
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ponferrada
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0051959
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Ponferrada
INE code
24115
INSPIRE ID
ES.IGN.BDDAE.34072424115
IdRef ID
088394174
Instagram username
aytoponferrada
J9U entity ID
987007557192805171
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
7494
MusicBrainz area ID
c69c1cdd-8ef6-452f-a1d0-677c40a7ecb1
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX452484
OpenStreetMap relation ID
343993
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrt2YYjNEmg1I
Quora topic ID
Ponferrada
SNARC ID
American English
Topic's main category
Category:Ponferrada
Who's on First ID
1125995629
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfmqJRDcvjrCYfvtf6dwC
X (Twitter) username
AytoPonferrada
Yale LUX ID
place/520b1930-1cec-4596-938f-816c220c03f7
YouTube channel ID
UCj7yFdK8QZcTV_xXispgSpA
YouTube handle
aytoponferrada
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/Madrid 2026-09-26 A/ADM3 · ES GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
People born here 20
Lydia Valentín, Borja Valle, Ángel Pestaña, José Manuel Aira, Pablo Valcarce, Tomás Hervás, Alberto Prada, César García Calvo +12 more
Shares border with 13
Santa Colomba de Somoza, Borrenes, Cabañas Raras, Carracedelo, Castrillo de Cabrera, Lucillo, Molinaseca, Benuza +5 more
← Shares border with 13
Santa Colomba de Somoza, Borrenes, Cabañas Raras, Carracedelo, Castrillo de Cabrera, Lucillo, Molinaseca, Benuza +5 more
Contained subdivisions 10
Estadio El Toralín, Ponferrada Castle, Ponferrada train station, Santiago de Peñalba, Torre de la Rosaleda, Peñalba de Santiago, Basílica de la Virgen de la Encina de Ponferrada, Columbrianos +2 more
Located in this place 5
2014 UCI Road World Championships, Estadio El Toralín, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – men's team time trial, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
People who died here 5
Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias, Gennadius of Astorga, Manuel Peña Escontrela, Jesús Tartilán, Celso López Gavela
Contains settlement 3
Peñalba de Santiago, Columbrianos, Ponferrada
← Category combines topics 3
Category:Births in Ponferrada, Category:People from Ponferrada, Category:Sport in Ponferrada
← Destination point 3
2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – men's team time trial, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
← Headquarters location 3
Sociedad Deportiva Ponferradina, Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory, Partido de El Bierzo
← Start point 3
2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – men's team time trial, 2014 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Capital 1
Ponferrada
Category for people born here 1
Category:Births in Ponferrada
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Ponferrada
Continent 1
Europe
Country 1
Spain
Instance of 1
municipality of Spain
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
León Province
Owned entities 1
Estadio El Toralín
Owner of 1
Estadio El Toralín
SNARC ID 1
American English
Topic's main category 1
Category:Ponferrada
Twinned administrative body 1
Pachuca
← Capital of 1
Ponferrada
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Ponferrada
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
León Province
← Narrative location 1
I'm Nevenka
← Operating area 1
Uber
← Twinned administrative body 1
Pachuca
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Summary

Ponferrada is a municipality of Spain[1].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · C messier · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    World Heritage Site ID → —
    Image → Δημαρχείο της Πονφερράδας 2026-08-13 3733.jpg
    "Changed claim: Image: Δημαρχείο της Πονφερράδας 2026-08-13 3733.jpg"
  2. 9w ago · Rodelar · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Heritage designation → —
    "Removed claim: Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site"
  3. 21w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #35857: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 27w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Ponferrada
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Ponferrada
    Coordinate location → —
    Population → 68,121, 68,549, 68,508 +21
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: Added ur:پونفیرڈا"
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