Garcihernández
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Postal code | 37810 |
Garcihernández is a village and municipality in the province of
Castile-Leon. It is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the provincial capital city of Salamanca
and has a population of 590 people.
It was the location of the
Battle of Garcia Hernandez in 1812, during the Peninsular War
.
Geography
The municipality covers an area of 48 km2 (19 sq mi). It lies 814 metres (2,671 ft) above sea level and the
post code
is 37810.
Economy
The basis of the economy is agriculture. Garcihernández has resisted the large-scale abandonment of most of the villages of the Alba de Tormes area due to urban developments in the 1990s in Spain. Many people from Garcihernandez worked in masonry in the capital, or elsewhere, in these years and stayed living in their own village. So the emigration stopped.[clarification needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Municipio:Garcihernández". lasalina.es. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.