Las Merindades is a comarca located north of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bounded on the north-west by the province of Cantabria, north-east by the province of Biscay, south by La Bureba, south-east by Ebro, south-west by Páramos, and on the east by the province of Álava.

Located in the north of the province of Burgos, the Merindades are the birthplace of the name "Castilla".^{[citation needed]} Most of the villages of the Merindades were quoted in the 14th-century manuscript, the Becerro de Behetrias, at the moment of the creation of the merindad subdivision by Pedro of Castile.

The capital of the comarca is Villarcayo, although the biggest town in the comarca is Medina de Pomar.

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• Province of Burgos

• website of the Province of Burgos delegation
• Mountains in the region
• History of Merindades (Spanish)

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