Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- Castile and León
- Province
- Palencia
- Municipality
- Moratinos
- Total
- 29.4 km (11.4 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 857 m (2,812 ft)
- Density
- 1.9/km (4.8/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Moratinos, is a town in Palencia, Spain which is located about 67 kilometers northwest of the capital of the province. It is best known to outsiders for "el castillo de Moratinos" (a.k.a. "Hobbiton"), an ages-old hill in the town center studded with family owned wine-storage caves.
As of 2002, Moratinos' population was listed at 78 people, but most registered residents live in cities and commute to Moratinos for weekends or festivals. In January 2015, 18 people lived in the town year-round. Most are farmers. Three are foreign-born immigrants who discovered Moratinos while walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail, which passes through the heart of the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moratinos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.