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Poyales del Hoyo

Coordinates: 40°10′N 5°10′W / 40.167°N 5.167°W / 40.167; -5.167
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Poyales del Hoyo
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León
ProvinceÁvila
MunicipalityPoyales del Hoyo
Area
 • Total3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Elevation
750 m (2,460 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total482
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Poyales del Hoyo is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 598 inhabitants.

During the spanish civil war, three women taken from Poyales del Hoyo on the nigh of 29 December 1936 and murdered by Fallangist at the roadside. All the killers were from the village. The town was famous in spanish news and even had article in The New York Times about how still there are a big polarization between society in Spain and the unfinished spanish transition to democracy after the dictator Francisco Franco.[2][3] In 2011, it had clashes at a protest over the exhumation of civil war graves in the village.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ Tremlett, Giles (2007-04-01). "'Ghosts of Spain'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  3. ^ Tremlett, Giles (2008-10-02). Ghosts of Spain: Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past. Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-24790-5.
  4. ^ Nayler, Mark; Spain, Reading into (2017-01-17). "Haunted by the past". surinenglish.com. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  5. ^ Riveiro, Aitor (2011-08-07). "En Poyales del Hoyo no quieren Memoria Histórica". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  6. ^ "Un acto de protesta acaba en un enfrentamiento entre convocantes y vecinos | Castilla y León | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es. Retrieved 2020-05-19.

40°10′N 5°10′W / 40.167°N 5.167°W / 40.167; -5.167