Nofuentes


Nofuentes is a locality and a minor local entity situated in the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, in Spain, region of Las Merindades, judicial party of Villarcayo, capital of Merindad de Cuesta Urria municipality.

General data

In 2011 it hosted 144 villagers. It is situated 80 km to the north of the capital of the province, Burgos, in the left edge of Nela.

Communications

Its main mayor is José Pablo Quintanilla Rodriguez from Partido Popular.

History

This villa belonged to the Merindad de Cuesta Urria in Castilla la Vieja party, one of the fourteen parties that formed the Burgos´
quartermaster during the period between 1785 and 1833, as it is shown in the Floriblanca census of 1787 with a royal jurisdiction. After the fall of the Ancien Régime, it is aggregated to the Merindad Cuesta-Urria´s constitutional town hall, in the Villarcayo´s party belonging to the region of Castilla la Vieja, being its capital.

Festivities and customs

Its local festivities are held the 15th of May, Saint Isidro Labrador festivity and the 29th of June, Saint Pedro and San Pablo de Tarso festivity

Parish

Parochial catholic church of San Pedro and San Pablo in the Archpriesthood of Medina de Pomar, Burgos´ Archbishopric´s diocese. The next locations depend on this church: Cebolleros, Mijangos, Las Quintanillas Las Quintanillas, Urria,Valdelacuesta, Villamagrín, Villapanillo, Villarán y Villavedeo y and the convent of mother Clarisas of Nuestra Señora de Rivas.