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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]]<br />
| name = Congosto <br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| image_flag = <br />
| flag_size = <br />
| image_shield = Escudo de Congosto (León).svg<br />
| shield_size = 75px<br />
| pushpin_map = Spain#Spain Castile and León<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|42|37|4|N|6|31|12|W|display=inline}}<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] <br />
| subdivision_name = [[Spain]] <br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]] <br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Castile and León]] <br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]] <br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[León (province)|León]] <br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Comarcas of Spain|Comarca]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[El Bierzo]]<br />
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of municipalities of El Bierzo|Municipality]] <br />
| subdivision_name4 = Congosto<br />
| government_footnotes = <ref>{{cite news |title=Jorge García Vega, nuevo alcalde del Ayuntamiento de Congosto |url=https://www.elbierzonoticias.com/bierzo/jorge-garcia-vega-20210618190650-nt.html |access-date=10 April 2024 |work=El Bierzo Noticias |date=18 June 2021 |language=es}}</ref><br />
| leader_title = Mayor<br />
| leader_name = José Antonio Velasco Fernández<br />
| leader_party = [[Spanish People's Party|PP]]<br />
| area_magnitude = <br />
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Entidades Locales |url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/7/13403/50 |website=ssweb.seap.minhap.es |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref><br />
| area_total_km2 = 36.81<br />
| area_land_km2 = <br />
| area_water_km2 = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Diputación de León, Ayuntamientos |url=https://www.dipuleon.es/townSearch/Municipios/Ayuntamientos/CONGOSTO |website=www.dipuleon.es |access-date=10 April 2024 |language=es}}</ref><br />
| elevation_m = 689<br />
| population_note = <br />
| population_as_of = 2023<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_total = 1436<br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]] <br />
| utc_offset = +1 <br />
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] <br />
| utc_offset_DST = +2 <br />
| latitude = <br />
| longitude = <br />
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]] <br />
| blank_info_sec1 = [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|Csb]] <br />
| population_demonym = congostino, congostina<br />
| postal_code_type = [[List of postal codes in Spain|Postal Code]]<br />
| postal_code = 24398<br />
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Spain|Telephone prefix]]<br />
| area_code = 987<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| }}<br />
'''Congosto''' ({{IPA|es|koŋˈɡosto}}) is a village and municipality located in the region of [[El Bierzo]] ([[León (province)|province of León]], [[Castile and León]], Spain) . It is located near to [[Ponferrada]], the capital of the ''[[region]]''. The village of Congosto within the municipality has about 254 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |title=Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute) |url=https://www.ine.es/nomen2/inicio_r.do |website=www.ine.es |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref><br />
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Its economy was traditionally based on [[agriculture]], [[wine]] and [[coal mining]]. Nowadays, most of the inhabitants work on the surrounding area on activities such as [[wind turbine]] manufacturing or coal mining.<br />
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Congosto also has a large reservoir in its vicinity, the Barcena reservoir, to which many tourists visit during the summer.<br />
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==Born in Congosto==<br />
*[[Alonso de Posada]], (1626-?), [[Franciscan]] missionary in [[New Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National Park Service: Kiva, Cross, and Crown (Appendix 3) |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/kcc/app3.htm |website=www.nps.gov |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref><br />
*[[Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira]] (1542-1595), navigator<ref>{{cite web |title=Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/12595/alvaro-de-mendana-y-neira |website=dbe.rah.es |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Municipalities in El Bierzo]]<br />
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