Castile an León

Castile and León (;  ; Leonese: Castiella y Llión ;  ) is an autonomous commonty in northwastrern Spain. It wis sae constitutit in 1983 an it comprises the historical regions o León an Auld Castile (Spaingie: Castilla la Vieja). It is the lairgest autonomous commonty in Spain, coverin an aurie o  wi an offícial population o aroond 2.5 million (2005).

The organic law o Castile an León, unner the Spaingie Constitution o 1978, is the region's Statute o Autonomy. The statute lays oot the basic laws o the region an defines a series o essential values an sýmbols o the inhabitants o Castile an León, sic as their linguistic patrimony (the Castilian leid, that Scots speakers commonly refer tae simply as Spaingie, an Leonese an Galicie forby), an their historic, airtistic, an natural patrimony an aa. Ither sýmbols alludit tae are the coat o airms, flag, an banner; there is allusion tae a regional anthem an aa, tho as o 2009 nane haes been adoptit. Aprile 23 is designatit Castile an León Day, commemoratin the defeat o the comuneros at the Battle o Villalar durin the Revolt o the Comuneros, in 1521.

 See an aa 
 Castilian-Leonese cuisine
 Kinrick o Castile
 Kinrick o León

 Notes 

 Freemit airtins 
 Cortes de Castilla y León (Regional Pairlament)  
 Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Govrenment) (Maistly in Spaingie)


Category:Castile
Category:NUTS 2 statistical regions o the European Union
Category:States an territories established in 1983