Province of Soria

Coat of arms

The province's coat of arms bears the motto Soria pura, cabeza de estremadura, which means "Soria the pure, head of the borderland", as Soria was centuries ago on the expanding borders between the northern Christian kingdoms and the territories then held by the Muslims.

Administrative divisions

Main article: List of municipalities in Soria

Soria has 183 municipalities divided in 10 comarcas:

• Comarca de Almazán
• Comarca de Berlanga
• Comarca de Burgo de Osma
• Comarca de Campo de Gómara
• Comarca de El Valle
• Comarca de Pinares
• Comarca de Soria
• Comarca de Tierras Altas
• Comarca del Moncayo
• Tierra de Medinaceli

Demographics

As of 2025, the population of the province is 90,183, of whom 50.8% are male and 49.2% are female, compared to the nationwide average of 49.0% and 51.0% respectively. People under 16 years old make up 12.6% of the population, and people over 65 years old make up 26.0%, compared to the nationwide average of 14.0% and 20.7% respectively.

Of the province's population, 45.4% live in the capital, Soria. There are 183 municipalities in Soria, of which nearly half are hamlets of under 100 people and of which only 12 have more than 1,000 people. The cathedral town of the province is El Burgo de Osma.

Immigration

As of 2025, the foreign-born population is 16,044, equal to 17.8% of the total population. The 5 largest foreign nationalities are Moroccans (1,774), Ecuadorians (1,558), Colombians (1,518), Venezuelans (1,435) and Bulgarians (1,092).

Economy

The province's most important agricultural products are cereals. In the 1950s, there were a total of 70,000 hectares cultivated land, but excessive fragmentation and lack of mechanization resulted in very low productivity. In 1960, while the agricultural sector accounted for 69% of workers in the province, 70% of farms were used exclusively for animal rearing. There are currently about 100,000 hectares of land in the province dedicated to the cultivation of wheat and other 100,000 hectares for barley cultivation.

The indigenous forest resources are also being exploited for timber, resin and collecting mushrooms. Marble quarries are located in Espejón while Sierra de Toranzo and Ólvega have iron mines. Magnetite sources are also being exploited in Borobia. The capital city Soria is an important tourist destination. While the agricultural sector has a very high contribution to GDP of the province, the industrial sector represents a small proportion, just over 20% of GDP. Apart from these the province also has important food, wood processing, furniture production and auxiliary automotive components industries.

References

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