Vilvestre
Appearance
Vilvestre | |
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![]() View of Vilvestre | |
![]() Location of Vilvestre in Salamanca | |
Coordinates: 41°06′11″N 6°43′07″W / 41.10306°N 6.71861°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Castile and León |
Province | Salamanca |
Comarca | Vitigudino |
Subcomarca | La Ribera de Salamanca |
Government | |
• Mayor | Juan Ángel Gorjón (AV) |
Area | |
• Total | 46.52 km2 (17.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 592 m (1,942 ft) |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 422 |
• Density | 9.1/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | 34 (Spain) + 923 (Salamanca) |
Website | www.vilvestre.es |
Vilvestre is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 96 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 468 people.
Geography
[edit]The municipality covers an area of 47 km2. It lies 592 metres above sea level and the postal code is 37258.[1]
Climate
[edit]Situated on the Río Duero, the climate is typical of the Mediterranean with orange and olive groves.
Notable people
[edit]- Casimiro Hernández Calvo (1941–2024), mayor of Vilvestre (1979–1995), senator (1986–2000)[3]
Gallery
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City hall of Vilvestre.
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Bakery in Vilvestre.
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'Todos los Santos' day, Vilvestre.
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Prehistoric statue of a penis in the Vilvestre Museum.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Municipio:Vilvestre". www.lasalina.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Casimiro Hernández Calvo, un político de raza que convirtió en imbatible al PP de Salamanca" [Casimiro Hernández Calvo, a pedigree politician who made the PP unbeatable in Salamanca]. El Español (in Spanish). 22 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.