Valverdón

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Valverdón municipality
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Valverdón (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Salamanca
Coordinates 41 ° 3 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 3 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  W
Height : 766  msnm
Area : 21.98 km²
Residents : 285 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 12.97 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : E-37185
Municipality number  ( INE ): 37342

Valverdón is a municipality in Spain near Salamanca (12 km) and has the postcode 37115. Valverdón has 285 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) and is 766 m high with an area of ​​21.98 km².

location

Valverdón is located 12 km from Salamanca in the Castile-Leon region in northwestern Spain. Valverdón is also located on the Río Tormes , one of the largest rivers in Spain. Numerous larger reservoirs shape the landscape around the place.

economy

The place consists mainly of old farmhouses, but the proximity to the big city allows new and modern houses to be built here too. There are two welding shops and a bakery, as well as four restaurants and a hotel that grew out of a hacienda built in 1366 . Christopher Columbus once stopped at the hacienda during the Valcuevo Conference .

Attractions

The old church with the annual stork's nest is worth seeing, which has become heavier and heavier over the years and may now have to be removed.

Web links

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).