Cubillas de Rueda Town Hall

Villapadierna is a town belonging to the municipality of Cubillas de Rueda, in the province of León in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León. It is located in the north of the province and is 51 km from the capital of León and 5 km from its town hall. This region south of the Cantabrian mountain range is believed to have belonged to the Vadinienses tribe, who fought against Roman troops in the Cantabrian Wars, until they eventually accepted their rule and culture. The terms paternus and maternus were used in the Middle Ages as personal names, "Padierna" derived from paterna, so Villapadierna means paternal town or town of Paterno.