León is a
province of northwestern
Spain, in the northwestern part of the
autonomous community of
Castile and León.
About one quarter of its population of 496,655 (2005) lives in the capital, León. The weather is cold and dry during the winter.
There are Roman Catholic cathedrals at León and Astorga. The province shares the Parque Nacional Picos de Europa (in the Picos de Europa mountain range) with Cantabria and Asturias. It has 211 municipalities.
The Flags of the World website shows the Spanish province of Leon as having a flag that is a much brighter shade of rose than the representation at right. [1]
