Priaranza del Bierzo
| Municipality of Priaranza del Bierzo | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Leon | ||
| Comarca : |
 El Bierzo
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 31 ′ N , 6 ° 40 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 33.69 km² | ||
| Residents : | 788 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 23.39 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 24448 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 24119 | ||
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| Mayor : | José Manuel Blanco Gómez | ||
Priaranza del Bierzo is a municipality in the province of León in the autonomous region of Castile and León and the capital of the municipality of the same name . It is located southwest of Ponferrada , the main occupation is viticulture and processing, the local festivals are "Las Candelas" on February 6th and "El Salvador" on August 6th.
Contemporary history
In Priaranza, a citizens' initiative came together in 2000 and opened the first mass grave of murdered and anonymously eliminated Franco opponents in December of that year . This action is seen as the starting shot for the establishment of the Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (Association for the Reclamation of Historical Memory), which seeks to deal with the history of the Spanish civil war with the search for and opening of the mass graves .
Attractions
- Castillo de Cornatel
Castle in the municipality of Priaranza del Bierzo, which was first mentioned in the 13th century under the name Castillo de Cornatel , in the 15th century it fell victim to the clashes of the Revuelta Irmandiña . After it was rebuilt, it passed through the hands of various feudal lords before the last owners handed it over to the Villavieja municipality in 1900. One theory holds it possible that previous buildings were used for military purposes at least since Roman times . The theory is controversial, if it were true, had military installations at this location served the Romans , Visigoths , the Christian warriors of the Reconquista and the Knights Templar . The name of the predecessor castle is the Castelo de Ulver , which can no longer be located today .
The Castillo de Cornatel is the setting for the romantic chivalric novel El Señor de Bembibre by Enrique Gil y Carrasco .
Municipio Priaranza del Bierzo
Other localities belong to the municipality, some of which are made up of local councils, the Juntas Vecinales (literally: neighborhood councils). These are: Priaranza del Bierzo, Villalibre de la Jurisdicción , Santalla del Bierzo , Paradela de Muces and Villavieja . Ferradillo and Rioferreiros are deserted towns.
| 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2004 | 2006 |
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| 1015 | 1021 | 920 | 865 | 918 |
Sons and daughters
- Francisco Prada Carrera CMF (1893–1995), Roman Catholic religious, Bishop of Uruaçu in Brazil
See also
- Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (Section Contemporary History)
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).
- ↑ Alexander Nützenadel , Wolfgang Schieder : Contemporary history as a problem
