Mingorría

Mingorría, Spain
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Ávila
Municipality	Mingorría
Area
- Total	30 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Population (2004)
- Total	466
- Density	15.5/km2 (40.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Mingorría is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 466 inhabitants. The origin of Mingorría is quite obscure; its names has, or it seems to have, some Basque roots: from Mendigorría, red hill in Basque language, but there are not definitive sings of that origin. Landscape of Mingorría shows granite blocks and evergreen oaks in an open field. Climate is typically interior Mediterranean with cold winters (negative temperatures are very common), warm summers, and a very dry atmosphere. As in other areas of Castile and León this place has lost its population since the sixties, when rural life started to decline in mainland Spain.

Farming was a part of traditional economy, but stonework was the most active activity until early nineenties of last Century. This sector emerged after the opening of railway in 1870 allowing to export granite stonework to other regions.

View of Mingorría.

Gallery

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  Piedra caballera.
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  Celtic Verraco, built in the Bronze Age.
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  View of Adaja River.
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  Mill in Mingorría.

Coordinates: 40°45′N 4°40′W / 40.75°N 4.667°W / 40.75; -4.667