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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Sasamón
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Spain|Municipality]] and town
| image_flag =
| image_shield = Escudo de Sasamón.svg
| image_map =
| map_caption =
| image_skyline = Sasamon01.jpg
| image_caption = View of Sasamón, 2010
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Spain]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Autonomous communities of Spain|Autonomous community]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon|Castile and León}} [[Castile and León]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Spain|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[File:Flag Burgos Province.svg|20px|Flag of Burgos]] [[Burgos (province)|Burgos]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Comarcas of Castile and León|Comarca]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Odra-Pisuerga]]
| postal_code_type  = [[Postal code]]
| postal_code = 09123
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| area_total_km2 = 113.11
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| elevation_m =828
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| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
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| website = http://sasamon.burgos.es/
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'''Sasamón''' is a [[Municipalities of Spain|municipality]] and town located in the [[Burgos (province)|province of Burgos]], [[Castile and León]], Spain. According to the 2004 [[census]] ([[Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)|INE]]), the municipality has a population of 1,346 inhabitants.
During pre-[[Roman empire|Roman]] times, it was the capital of the [[Turmodigi]] tribe, under the name ''Segisama''. During the reign of first [[Roman emperor]] [[Augustus]], the town was the [[headquarters]] of the [[Roman legions]] that fought during the [[Cantabrian wars]].<ref>[http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2VHQ9_el-escudo-de-segisama?guid=4e05e066-21d8-4363-b231-d2e260e2a079 El Escudo de Segisama - A little history] [[Geocaching]].com</ref>
== Demography==
The evolution of its population has been negative over the last twenty years.
*1987: 1.790 inhabitants
*1991: 1.786 inhabitants
*1995: 1.514 inhabitants
*1999: 1.543 inhabitants
*2003: 1.464 inhabitants
*2005: 1.315 inhabitants
*2006: 1.296 inhabitants
*2022: 957 inhabitants
== Civil Architecture ==
;Roman Bridges
There are two Roman bridges over the [[Brullés (river)|Brullés]] river.<ref>[http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~lcurchin/Spain/tour.html The Romans in Central Spain — A Quick Tour] [[University of Waterloo]]</ref>
== References ==
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