Astorga, Spain

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Astorga
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
Astorga Location in Spain
Coordinates: 42°27′32″N 6°3′48″W / 42.45889°N 6.06333°W / 42.45889; -6.06333
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	León
Comarca	La Maragatería
Judicial district	Astorga
Government
• Mayor	Victorina Alonso Fernández (PSOE)
Area
• Total	46.78 km2 (18.06 sq mi)
Elevation	870 m (2,850 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	11,029
• Density	240/km2 (610/sq mi)
Demonym	Astorganos
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	24700
Dialing code	987
Climate	Csb
Website	Official website

Astorga (Spanish pronunciation: [asˈtoɾɣa]) (Leonese: Estorga) is a municipality^[2] and city of Spain located in the central area of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, 43 kilometres (27 mi) southwest of the provincial capital. It is located in the transit between the Páramo Leonés and the mountains of León and acts as the backbone of the comarcas of Maragatería, La Cepeda and the Ribera del Órbigo. The city is the head of one of the most extensive and oldest dioceses of Spain, whose jurisdiction covers half of the province of León and part of Ourense and Zamora.^[3] It is also head of the judicial party number 5 of the province of León.^[4]

Astorga lies in the area of the Maragatos, a small ethnic and cultural community with distinctive customs and architecture. The town lies at the junction of the French route of the Camino de Santiago, the most popular route, and the Silver Route from Mérida in southern Spain, an alternative route of the Way of St. James (Spanish: Camino de Santiago). Saint Turibius of Astorga was bishop of the city in the 5th century.