Bermillo de Sayago (Spanish pronunciation: [beɾˈmiʎo ðe saˈʝaɣo]) is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,259 inhabitants. It works as the territorial capital of Sayago, leading this comarca but with no official status. Its central position and the fact of a clearly higher population have given the town this role. Furthermore, the municipalities association Sayagua has its headquarters in Bermillo. This organization is a mancomunidad that supplies services like recycling or water through the comarca of Sayago that could not be afforded by the so-little towns in the area.

Bermillo de Sayago
Official seal of Bermillo de Sayago
Nickname: 
Bermillo
Bermillo de Sayago is located in Spain
Bermillo de Sayago
Bermillo de Sayago
Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 41°22′0.86″N 6°6′43.51″W / 41.3669056°N 6.1120861°W / 41.3669056; -6.1120861
Country SpainSpain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Zamora
MunicipalitySayago
Government
 • MayorNorberto Núñez Toribio (PP)
Area
 • Total189.55 km2 (73.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total1,037
 • Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Geographically, its landscape is a peneplain, as the rest of Sayago (except Duero canyons, that are relatively far away Bermillo).

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.