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Villanueva de Cameros

municipality of Spain

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ1646911 ↗
Source-derived summary

Villanueva de Cameros is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 18.44 square kilometres (7.12 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 102 people.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Villanueva de Cameros” as municipality of Spain. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Villanueva, Cameros and municipality.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Villanueva, Cameros and municipality providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Villanueva de Cameros”, the useful work is to connect “municipality of Spain” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

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 Mar 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1646911. VIAF identifies the subject as 316733171. Authority coordinates are 42.168, -2.650. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Villanueva de Cameros” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.