Olmedo, Valladolid

Olmedo
—  Municipality  —
Olmedo
Olmedo Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W / 41.28889°N 4.6833333°W / 41.28889; -4.6833333Coordinates: 41°17′20″N 4°41′00″W / 41.28889°N 4.6833333°W / 41.28889; -4.6833333
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 (50 sq mi)
Elevation	740 m (2,428 ft)
Population (2009)
- Total	3,845
- Density	29.7/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	47410
Official language(s)	Spanish
Website	www.olmedo.es

Olmedo is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, Spain.

History

Main articles: First Battle of Olmedo and Second Battle of Olmedo

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.

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.

External links

• Official site