Villa de Mazo

Municipality of Villa de Mazo
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Canary Islands
Province :	Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Island:	La Palma
Coordinates	28 ° 35 ′ N , 17 ° 48 ′ W Coordinates: 28 ° 35 ′ N , 17 ° 48 ′ W
Height :	472 msnm
Area :	71.17 km²
Residents :	4,843 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	68.05 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	38870
Municipality number ( INE ):	38053
administration
Website :	www.villademazo.es
Location of the municipality

Villa de Mazo is one of the 14 communities on the Canary Island of La Palma .

character

The municipality of Villa de Mazo covers an area of 71.17 km² in the southeast of La Palma. The administrative seat is in El Pueblo.

La Palma Airport is located on the coast of the municipality . This and the related business settlements form an important branch of the economy. In addition, viticulture is widespread in the community.

A lighthouse has been standing near the beach of La Salemera since 1992 as a navigation aid for coastal shipping on the east coast of the island.

Places of the community

Tigalate Church

The population figures in brackets are from 2013.

El Pueblo (532)
Monte de Breña (528)
Monte de Luna (375)
Lodero (470)
Tigalate (325)
La Rosa (367)
Callejones (350)
La Sabina (280)
Malpaises (Abajo) (299)
Tiguerorte (228)
Lomo Oscuro (260)
Monte de Pueblo (232)
Malpaises (Arriba) (149)
San Simón (183)
Monte (147)
Poleal (133)

Population development

year	population	change
1900	4,081
1910	4,510	+429
1920	4,651	+141
1930	4,850	+199
1940	5,062	+212
1950	4,947	-115
1960	4,736	-211

year	population	change
1970	3,771	-965
1981	3,564	-207
1990	5.112	+1,548
2001	4,621	-491
2004	4,591	-30
2013	4,858	+267

Sons and daughters

Elías Yanes Álvarez (1928–2018), Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Saragossa

Web links

Commons : Villa de Mazo - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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↑ 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).
^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute). Retrieved April 23, 2020 (Spanish).

[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] Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute). Retrieved April 23, 2020 (Spanish).