Briviesca, Province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain

Primary Sector | Secondary Sector | Tertiary Sector

🇪🇸 Briviesca is a municipality and a Spanish city located in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, head of the judicial district of Briviesca, capital of the comarca of La Bureba and province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and León. The municipality is the 4th most populated in the province. The municipality of Briviesca is made up of five towns: Briviesca, Cameno, Quintanillabón, Revillagodos and Valdazo.

The first settlements date back to the 1st century BC, when the Autrigones, that extended by all the current region of the Bureba and the Upper Ebro valley, established here their capital. Subsequently Briviesca, by then called Virovesca, was already considered an important nucleus of population, where the Romans inhabited in the crossroads of two important Roman roads.

Briviesca's location halfway between Miranda de Ebro and Burgos has contributed its industrial and commercial development.

Briviesca has wide green spaces open to fields and mountains, as well as a prominent Monumental Complex with several BICs: the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor; the imposing Monastery of Santa Clara, within there is an important Gothic cloister; the cloister of the "Hospitalillo"; the Plaza Mayor, typical Castilian; its houses and palaces, as well as the Church of San Martín. Close to Briviesca the Santa Casilda's sanctuary is also found.

Briviesca stands out for its large industrial estate "La Vega", in which important industries have been installed since the 70s, mainly made up of small industries and storage warehouses, especially farm implements, which is the main economic activity, not only of the city, but of the entire region.

The region of La Bureba and therefore, Briviesca, are located in an area of high cereal production, being the wheat and the straw of it, its almost exclusive crop, along with others with less presence of legumes and sunflower to promote crop rotation and avoid the depletion of the land. Briviesca has as well an industrial estate called "La Vega", where there are small and medium-sized companies, and some large multinational companies. The production of food products, textiles, metal, cereal and flour stores, materials for construction and all kinds of workshops on a smaller scale stand out.

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Primary Sector Briviesca has the largest cultivated area of Castilla y León and one of the largest in Spain. That is why in many cases La Bureba is considered the granary of Castilla. In Briviesca it is the main economic activity. In the region more than 40,000 hectares of land are cultivated. The cereal is mainly cultivated because this zone has the optimum climate for this type of crop, which occupies 30,000 hectares. The sunflower (8,000 hectares) and other crops such as peas, soybeans, or even opium are also cultivated to a great extent, although the latter has extreme vigilance, control and protection. In La Bureba in general, and in Briviesca in particular, there are small sheep and pig herds. Intensive livestock is practised, since there are practically no pastures. These cattle are mainly dedicated to consumption. To a lesser extent there are cattle ranches for milk production.

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Secondary Sector Briviesca is also an important industrial centre since the first companies were installed in the 70s in "La Vega" industrial estate, which has already been expanded three times and occupies a total area of 1,000,000 m². Due to the economic crisis, the last expansion and the largest one is waiting to be occupied by companies. The majority of those located in La Vega are local SMEs and warehouses for agricultural machinery. The multinationals Siro and Acciona, which has the second biomass plant in Spain, are also located there. For production, the food stands out, followed by mechanics. The situation of Briviesca, along with two main corridors (N-1 and AP-1), has favoured its industrial development.

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Tertiary Sector Briviesca is the commercial and financial centre of the region. The main Savings and Banks and the big supermarkets are located in Briviesca. It also has a large commercial fabric of small stores and it is the hotel centre since it has more than 200 hotel rooms spread over four and two star hotels and hostels. It also has traditional restaurants and fast food as well as more than forty bars. Briviesca can also be considered a 'touristic city' since it receives around 40,000 visitors per year.

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Briviesca, Province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain 
<b>Briviesca, Province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain</b>
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Briviesca has a population of over 6,861 people.

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Antipodal to Briviesca is: 176.681,-42.549

Locations Near: Briviesca -3.3191,42.5489

🇪🇸 Miranda de Ebro -2.933,42.683 d: 34.9  

🇪🇸 Burgos -3.7,42.341 d: 38.8  

🇪🇸 Vitoria -2.684,42.842 d: 61.3  

🇪🇸 Vitoria-Gasteiz -2.684,42.842 d: 61.3  

🇪🇸 Vitoria Gasteiz -2.683,42.85 d: 61.8  

🇪🇸 Bilbao -2.924,43.264 d: 85.8  

🇪🇸 Barakaldo -2.986,43.297 d: 87.5  

🇪🇸 Getxo -3.012,43.319 d: 89.2  

🇪🇸 Laredo -3.412,43.412 d: 96.2  

🇪🇸 Logroño -2.446,42.465 d: 72.2  

Antipodal to: Briviesca 176.681,-42.549

🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19818.3  

🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19807.7  

🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19807.1  

🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19807.1  

🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19803.2  

🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19795.8  

🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19755.5  

🇳🇿 Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19691.9  

🇳🇿 Napier 176.9,-39.505 d: 19676.1  

🇳🇿 Whanganui 175.05,-39.932 d: 19693.7  

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