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The Ribera del Duero is a comarca or district located at the southern tip of the province of Burgos, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. The capital of the Ribera del Duero comarca or district is the town of Aranda de Duero.

Ribera del Duero
Comarca
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Burgos
Capital	Aranda de Duero
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Largest municipality	Aranda de Duero

The Ribera del Duero comarca slightly overlaps the Ribera del Duero D.O. wine region but only in the province of Burgos. The Ribera del Duero D.O. wine region stretches about 115km along "the banks of the river Duero" touching the provinces of Soria, Burgos, Segovia and Valladolid. It is bounded on the north by Arlanza comarca, south by the Province of Segovia, on the east by the province of Valladolid and on the west by the Sierra de la Demanda comarca and the province of Soria.

There are about 68 towns and villages (mostly villages) in the Ribera del Duero comarca.

History

Ribera del Duero was repopulated mainly by Astur, Cantabri, Visigothic, ... origins and Mozarab after the border of Castile County and the kingdom of Cordoba reach the river Duero.

Geography

The waters of the river Duero run from east to west all the shire.

Towns & Villages in the Ribera del Duero comarca/district

Adrada de Haza Anguix Aranda de Duero Arandilla Bahabón de Esgueva Baños de Valdearados Berlangas de Roa Brazacorta Cabañes de Esgueva Caleruega Campillo de Aranda Castrillo de la Vega Cilleruelo de Arriba Coruña del Conde Cueva de Roa, La Fresnillo de las Dueñas

Fuentecén Fuentelcésped Fuentelisendo Fuentemolinos Fuentenebro Fuentespina Gumiel de Izán Gumiel de Mercado Haza Hontangas Hontoria de Valdearados Horra, La Hoyales de Roa Mambrilla de Castrejón Milagros Moradillo de Roa

Nava de Roa Olmedillo de Roa Oquillas Pardilla Pedrosa de Duero Peñaranda de Duero Pineda Trasmonte Pinilla Trasmonte Quemada Quintana del Pidio Roa San Juan del Monte San Martín de Rubiales Santa Cruz de la Salceda Santa María del Mercadillo Santibáñez de Esgueva

Sequera de Haza, La Sotillo de la Ribera Terradillos de Esgueva Torresandino Tórtoles de Esgueva Tubilla del Lago Vadocondes Valdeande Valdezate Vid y Barrios, La Villaescusa de Roa Villalba de Duero Villalbilla de Gumiel Villanueva de Gumiel Villatuelda Zazuar

See also

• Ribera del Duero wine region

External links

• Patroturisbur - Ribera del Duero (in Spanish & English)
• Hotels, Wineries, Towns, Restaurants and Activities of Ribera del Duero (in Spanish & English)
• Liceus - La Ribera del Duero (Burgos) (in Spanish)
• Diario de la Ribera (in Spanish)
• El Soportal (in Spanish)
• Nuestros pueblos (in Spanish)
• Website of the Province of Burgos delegation

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