Moraleja

Moraleja municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Cáceres
Comarca :	Sierra de Gata
Coordinates	40 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 4 ′  N , 6 ° 39 ′  W
Height :	261  msnm
Area :	125 km²
Residents :	6,750 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	10840
Municipality number  ( INE ):	10128
administration
Mayor :	Julio César Herrero
Website :	www.moraleja.es
Location of the municipality

Moraleja is a western Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 6,750 inhabitants (2019) in the province of Caceres the autonomous community of Extremadura .

history

The area was probably settled by the Lusitans since the Bronze Age and was occupied by the Romans after the death of Viriathus . During the Reconquista , Ferdinand II lost the area around the Sierra de Gata at the end of the 12th century to Caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf I ; Ferdinand's son Alfons IX. conquered the Transierra back at the beginning of the 13th century. The name Moraleja was first mentioned in 1226 in an agreement between the Order of Alcántara and the diocese of Coria .

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  El Chorrerón

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  Rollo de Moraleja

Town twinning

A community partnership with the Portuguese city ​​of Ovar has existed since 1996 .  

Web links

Commons : Moraleja  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).
2. ↑ Consulta - Geminações de Cidades e Vilas. Retrieved August 4, 2019 .