La Robla
municipality of Spain
La Robla is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2020 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 3,752 inhabitants.
The area around La Robla was once an important mining community. The train route from La Robla to Bilbao was essential to the development of trade in the region. There is now a luxury passenger train service that travels along the narrow-gauge railway visiting tourist spots along the way.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q60979. VIAF identifies the subject as 246320724. Authority coordinates are 42.801, -5.629. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020.
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