Editing Castile and León (section)

===Historical evolution===
[[File:Homenaje a la Mujer.jpg|thumb| [[Calle Mayor, Palencia|Calle Mayor]] street of [[Palencia]]. The city is within the most dynamic axis of the community.]]
Many of the people of the territory, who devoted themselves mostly to [[agriculture]] and [[livestock]], gradually abandoned the area, heading towards urban areas, much more prosperous. This situation was further aggravated at the end of the [[Spanish Civil War]], with a progressive rural emigration. During the 1960s and 1980s, large urban centers and provincial capitals suffered a slight demographic increase due to a thorough urbanization process, although, despite this, the Castilian-Leonese area continues to suffer serious depopulation. Only the provinces of [[province of Burgos|Burgos]], [[province of Valladolid|Valladolid]] and [[province of Segovia|Segovia]] are gaining population in recent years.

There is also an increase in the population of metropolitan areas around cities such as [[Valladolid]], [[Burgos]] or [[León, Spain|León]]. Due to this phenomenon, cities such as [[Laguna de Duero]] or [[San Andrés del Rabanedo]] have seen their population increase rapidly in a few years. The metropolitan area of the city of Valladolid is, by far, the largest in the autonomous community, with more than 430&nbsp;000&nbsp;inhabitants.

However, in absolute terms the autonomous community is losing population and aging. In 2011, it was one of only four [[Autonomous Community|autonomous communities]] that lost population along with [[Asturias]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Aragon]].