El Oso, Ávila
El Oso | |
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Municipality and Town | |
El Oso Location in Spain. El Oso El Oso (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′30″N 4°46′14″W / 40.84167°N 4.77056°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Ávila |
| Municipality | El Oso |
| Government | |
| • Alcalde (Mayor) | Luciano Arroyo Martín (PSOE) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.49 km2 (7.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 893 m (2,930 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 172 |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
El Oso is a municipality (pop. 229) in the Spanish province of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon.
Megalith
The village takes its name (which means "the bear") from a megalithic monument outside the church. The monument in question may not have been intended to represent a bear. It is classed as a Verraco, a type of prehistoric monument found in central Spain, which shares its name with the Spanish word for a boar. Local legend identifies this example as a bear.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
External links
- [1] — Web Official www.ElOso.es