Simancas

Simancas
Municipality
Simancas Castle (late 15th-early 16th centuries)
Coat of arms
Simancas Location in Spain
Coordinates: 41°35′30.9″N 4°49′43.1″W / 41.591917°N 4.828639°W / 41.591917; -4.828639
Country	Spain
Community	Castile and León
Province	Valladolid
Comarca	Campiña del Pisuerga
Government
• Mayor	Miguel Fernando Rodríguez Ramón
Area
• Total	42.53 km2 (16.42 sq mi)
Elevation	725 m (2,379 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	5,242
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Demonym	Simanquinos
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Simancas is a town and municipality of central Spain, located in the province of Valladolid, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is situated approximately 10 km southwest of the provincial capital Valladolid, on the road to Zamora and the right bank of the river Pisuerga.

Simancas originated as the Roman Septimanca.