Almorox
| Almorox municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Castile-La Mancha | ||
| Province : | Toledo | ||
| Comarca : | Comarca de | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 14 ′ N , 4 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 553 msnm | ||
| Area : | 65 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2,105 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 32.38 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 45900 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 45013 | ||
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| Mayor : | Julia Notario (2011) | ||
Almorox is a municipality of 2105 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the Spanish province of Toledo in the autonomous region of Castile-La Mancha . The A 5 southwest motorway, which runs from Madrid to Lisbon , passes 20 km south of Almorox. The place on the N403 is at the south-eastern foot of the Sierra de Gredos .
Spanish Civil War
The Aeródromo , two and a half kilometers south of the town and east of the N-403, was used as a field airfield by parts of Jagdgruppe 88 of the German Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War . In February / March 1937 their 2nd squadron (2./J88) was located here, which was the first squadron of the J / 88 to receive the then new Bf 109 .
Web links
Commons : Almorox - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).