Fuentes de Oñoro (Salamanca)
| Fuentes de Oñoro municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Salamanca | ||
| Comarca : | Comarca de Salamanca | ||
| Coordinates | 40 ° 36 ′ N , 6 ° 49 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 725 msnm | ||
| Area : | 57.19 km² | ||
| Residents : | 1,134 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 19.83 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 37480 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 37140 | ||
| administration | |||
| Mayor : | Isidoro Alanís Marcos (ACO) | ||
| Website : | ayuntamientofuentesdeonoro.com | ||
Fuentes de Oñoro is a municipality in the province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain . Together with the Portuguese neighboring town of Vilar Formoso , the municipality is particularly known as a border town with Portugal .
Both the Pampilhosa - Guarda - Salamanca railway line ( Linha da Beira Alta on the Portuguese side ) and the E80 European road , which is partially developed as a motorway, pass through the city .
In 1811, a British-Portuguese army led by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, defeated a French army led by Marshal André Masséna . This battle became known as the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro .
One of the few known residents of Fuentes de Oñoro is the journalist and rancher Alfonso Navalón Grande .
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).