This creates the perfect environment for wine and all types of cold meats and sausages like the leonese "Morcilla" and the "Cecina".

[citation needed] Leonese is taught in the city of León, Mansilla de las Mulas, La Bañeza, Valencia de Don Juan or Ponferrada for adult people, and in sixteen schools of León.

[citation needed] The City Council of León writes some of its announcements in Leonese in order to promote the language.

[citation needed] In the western part of the El Bierzo, the westernmost region of the province, Galician language is spoken and taught at schools.

[citation needed] As for the temperatures, in general it is a cold climate due to the altitude and the abundance of frost (which persist from November to May), being more intense in the mountainous areas reaching -18 °C.