Sanabria (comarca)


Sanabria is a comarca in the northwest of the province of Zamora, western Spain. It borders Portugal to the south, Orense to the west and León to the north. It belongs to the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León.

Overview

The Sierra de la Cabrera Baja forms a natural boundary with Leon Province in the north, Sierra Segundera with Galicia in the west, and Sierra de la Culebra and Sierra de la Gamoneda with the Bragança District of Portugal in the south and southwest. The comarcas of La Carballeda and Tierra del Pan are to the east. The most famous place in the comarca is the Sanabria Lake, the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula, with a surface of which is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The lake was declared a Natural Park in 1978. The capital of the comarca is Puebla de Sanabria.
The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas of Western Europe with a sizeable population of wild wolves, which live in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range.

Municipalities

Sanabria is divided in 15 municipalities, which in turn include several districts or towns, of which some belong to the nearby region of La Carballeda. In the next table municipalities are listed, showing the area of each municipality in square kilometers, population according to the last INE census and the towns which are included on every municipality:
MunicipalityAreaPopulationTowns
Asturianos42,60264Asturianos, Cerezal de Sanabria, Entrepeñas, Lagarejos de la Carballeda, Rioconejos, Villar de los Pisones
Cobreros77,70588Avedillo de Sanabria, Barrio de Lomba, Castro de Sanabria, Cobreros, Limianos de Sanabria, Quintana de Sanabria, Riego de Lomba, San Martín del Terroso, San Miguel de Lomba, San Román de Sanabria, Santa Colomba de Sanabria, Sotillo de Sanabria, Terroso
Galende90,261141Cubelo, Galende, Ilanes, Moncabril, Pedrazales, El Puente, Rabanillo, Ribadelago, Ribadelago Nuevo, San Martín de Castañeda, Vigo
Hermisende108,75251Castrelos, Castromil, Hermisende, San Ciprián, La Tejera
Lubián94,39326Aciberos, Chanos, Hedroso, Las Hedradas, Lubián, Padornelo
Palacios de Sanabria37,01260Otero de Sanabria, Palacios de Sanabria, Remesal, Vime de Sanabria
Pedralba de la Pradería105,11292Calabor, Lobeznos, Pedralba de la Pradería, Rihonor de Castilla, Santa Cruz de Abranes
Pías43,91138Barjacoba, Pías, Villanueva de la Sierra
Porto de Sanabria200,82188Porto de Sanabria
Puebla de Sanabria81,391460Castellanos, Puebla de Sanabria, Robledo, Ungilde
Requejo de Sanabria46,10149Requejo de Sanabria
Robleda-Cervantes32,47448Barrio de la Gafa, Barrio Lagarejos, Cervantes, Ferreros, Paramio, Robleda, Sampil, San Juan de la Cuesta, Triufé, Valdespino
Rosinos de la Requejada154,78387Anta de Rioconejos, Carbajalinos, Doney de la Requejada, Escuredo, Gusandanos, Monterrubio, Rionegrito, Rosinos de la Requejada, Santiago de la Requejada, Villarejo de la Sierra
San Justo75,12234Barrio de Rábano, Coso, Rábano de Sanabria, Rozas, San Ciprián, San Justo
Trefacio25,48186Cerdillo, Murias, Trefacio, Villarino de Sanabria