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| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Castile and León | ||
| Province | Soria | ||
| Comarca | Comarca de Pinares | ||
| Judicial district | Soria | ||
| Government | |||
| • Alcalde | Domingo Heras López. (2007) (PP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 25.03 km2 (9.7 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,123 m (3,684 ft) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 942 | ||
| • Density | 37.6/km2 (97.5/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | navalenenses | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
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| Website | Official website | ||
Navaleno, which means "Meadow of Hay", is a municipality located to the northwest of the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain.
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It considerably increases the population in summer for being site of leisure, ideal for senders.
It belongs to the "Hermandad de la Cabaña Real de Carreteros, Burgos-Soria", (Brotherhood of the Royal Route of Cartwrights Burgos--Soria), created in 15th century during the reign of Catholic Monarchs.
The Parish Church is dedicated to "San Esteban Protomártir".
The economy comes mainly from the forest industry for the creation of furniture, plank, board etc. Formerly great part of the population was dedicated to the transport of carts, like the neighbour villages. Navaleno and the zone are well known by the abundance and mycological quality that is in its pine groves.
As peculiar data, rolled a scene of the film Doctor Zhivago of David Lean, in the railway station, and had to improvise artificial snow that year because it didn't snow when they wanted to roll the scenes.