Fontiveros
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Fontiveros | |
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Municipality and Town | |
Coordinates: 40°56′0″N 4°59′25″W / 40.93333°N 4.99028°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Castile and León |
Province | Ávila |
Comarca | La Moraña |
Municipality | Fontiveros |
Government | |
• Alcalde (Mayor) | Luciano Arroyo Martín (PSOE) |
Area | |
• Total | 36.42 km2 (14.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 888 m (2,913 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 751 |
• Density | 21/km2 (53/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC 1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (CEST) |
Website | Official website |
Fontiveros is a municipality in Spain in the Ávila province, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It comprises an area of approximately 2 square kilometers and according to the 2011 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 173 inhabitants.
It is famous for being the birthplace of Saint John of the Cross.
References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- (in Spanish) Community website