Garcihernández

Coordinates: 40°51′37″N 5°25′57″W / 40.86028°N 5.43250°W / 40.86028; -5.43250
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Garcihernández
UTC+2 (CEST)
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

.

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

  1. ^ a b "Municipio:Garcihernández". lasalina.es. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.