Leonese people
Celtic Romance ethnic group from Leonese Region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Leonese (Leonese: Llïoneses; Spanish: Leoneses) are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to León in Spain.
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Total population | |
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736 555 leonese people in Leonese Region. 431 061 leonese in rest of the Kingdom of Spain. In total is 1 168 156 leonese people. | |
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Majority: Spanish Minority: Leonese • Galician | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism[1] | |
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other Spaniards (Asturians, Cantabrians, Vaqueiros de alzada, Extremadurans, Galicians, Castilians), Mirandese |
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The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages until 1230 when it was joined to the Kingdom of Castile (from 1296 to 1301 the Kingdom of León was again independent); after the re-union with Castile in 1301 it remained a kingdom until 1833, but as part of a united Spain from 1479. In 1833 it was divided into three provinces. The languages of the Leonese people are Leonese, Galician and Castilian Spanish in Spain.