Abertura

Abertura
Plaza de España Abertura
Plaza de España Abertura
Coat of arms
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityExtremadura
ProvinceCáceres
Area
 • Total
62.71 km2 (24.21 sq mi)
Elevation
314 m (1,030 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
403
 • Density6.4/km2 (17/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.abertura.es

Abertura is a municipality in the province of Cáceres and autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 62.71 square kilometres (24.21 sq mi) and as of 2011 it had a population of 447 people.[2]

Geography

The municipal district is generally flat, with an altitude of between 380 and 430m, taking the Esparragosa as the highest point. The main rivers are the Búrdalo and Alcollarín rivers.

Demography

Abertura has had the following populations from 1900:[3][4]

Specifically, during the 2000s, the population change was as follows:

Historical population of Abertura
Year200120022003200420052006
Population512509501506505486

History

In 1594 Cáceres formed part of the land of Trujillo in Trujillo Province.[5] At the fall of the Ancien Régime it was part of the constitutional municipality in the region of Extremadura that, from 1834, became part of the Judicial District of Logrosán.[6] According to an 1842 census, the area accounted for 200 households and 1096 residents.[7]

Education

In 2001, Abertura was the third municipality of more than 100 inhabitants in Cáceres province with a majority of the population without an education. In total, 66.2% of the population greater than 10 years old lacked any type of educational training. This percentage was well above the 23.9% regional average and the 15.3% state average.[8]

Monuments

  • San Juan Bautista Parish Church (15th century)
  • Santa Ana Hermitage

See also

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Cáceres: Población por municipios y sexo (: Cáceres: Population by municipality and sex). Official population figures resulting from the revision of the Municipal Register on 1 January 2011". Instituto Nacional de Estadística. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  3. ^ (in English)"Poblaciones de hecho desde 1900 hasta 1991 (: De facto populations from 1900-1991. Official figures from the respective censuses" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE). Archived from the original on 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  4. ^ "Poblaciones de hecho desde 1900 hasta 1991 (De facto populations from 1900-1991. Official figures from the respective censuses" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE). Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  5. ^ Book of the Millions: Population census of the provinces and districts of the Crown of Castile in the 16th century
  6. ^ Cervantes Virtual [1]
  7. ^ INE Municipal code -10.002 [2]
  8. ^ Fundación BBVA-Ivie (May 2008). "La población de Cáceres" (PDF). Cuadernos de Población. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
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