Aliud (Spain)

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Soria
Comarca : Campo de Gomara
Coordinates 41 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 15 ′  W
Height : 984  msnm
Area : 17.65 km²
Residents : 20 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 1.13 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 42016
administration
Mayor : Leocadio Álvarez Gómez (PP)

Aliud is a small municipality ( municipio ) in the province of Soria in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain . The town, a good 20 km southeast of the provincial capital Soria , has 20 inhabitants (January 1, 2019) (1842: 218 inhabitants, 1900: 290 inhabitants). The name comes from the Arabic ( al-yahūd , "the Jews").

The residents of Aliud became known as yéseros ("plasterers", ie plasterers). The traditional festival is the Rosary Festival . There are also festive activities on the last weekend in August. Outside of Aliud is the medieval city of Albocabe , of which only ruins remain.

Individual evidence

  1. Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).