Olmedo, Valladolid
| Olmedo | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Olmedo | ||
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  Olmedo Location in Spain | ||
| Coordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W / 41.28889°N 4.68333°WCoordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W / 41.28889°N 4.68333°W | ||
| Country |
 Spain | |
| Autonomous community |
 Castile and León | |
| Province |
 Valladolid | |
| Comarca |
 Tierra de Pinares | |
| Government | ||
| • Alcalde | Alfonso Ángel Centeno Trigos (PP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 129.38 km2 (49.95 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 740 m (2,430 ft) | |
| Population (2011) | ||
| • Total | 3,897 | |
| • Density | 30/km2 (78/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 47410 | |
| Official language(s) | Spanish | |
| Website | www.olmedo.es | |
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Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain.
History
Main articles: First Battle of Olmedo and Second Battle of Olmedo
Museums
- Palacio Caballero de Olmedo.
- Parque temático del Mudéjar de Castilla y León.
Transport
Olmedo is on the N-601 road (Adanero-Olmedo-Valladolid–Medina de Rioseco–León).
The Madrid–Valladolid high-speed rail line runs through the municipality, and Olmedo is planned to be the branching point for the high-speed line running to Zamora and Galicia.
Gastronomy
Notable people
- Juan de Sarmiento, member of the Council of the Orders and historian of the Order of Alcántara;
- Ignacio Ortega y Cortés, member of the Council of the Orders and assistant to Diego de Covarrubias.
- Sebastián Cortés y Cárcel, jurist;
- Brother Bartolomé Ochaita, advisor to Hernán Cortés;
- Alonso de Zuazo (1466–1539), judge and governor of New Spain;
- Juan Jiménez de Montalvo (1551–?), judge of the Royal Audiencia of Lima (1598–?) and acting Viceroy of Peru (1621–22);
- Jerónimo de Alderete (1516–56), conqueror of Chile;
- Julio Valdeón Baruque (1936–2009), historian;
- José Antonio González Caviedes (1938–1996), mayor of Olmedo and Senator for the UPD and later for the Popular Party
- Miriam González Durantez (1968–), lawyer, wife of Nick Clegg (Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010), daughter of José Antonio González Caviedes.
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