San Pedro de Zamudia is a Spanish village of the municipality of
Morales de Valverde, located in the province of
Zamora, in the
autonomous community of
Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
. As of 2017, it had a population of 58.
Overview
It is busiest during the summer months, when people come from other surrounding areas to the town, where they might have grown up or have family from there.
In San Pedro existed a convent for both nuns and monks. The present church is located within a very fertile lot of land where agriculture exists. The outside of the church is one of the more significant points in the ''
espadaña
Espadaña is a sparsely populated village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 32 peo ...
'' (bell-gable), and the interior, as it could not be another way, has its larger altarpiece and a baptismal.
The result of this, is that the houses are very sunny. The layout is very irregular, without any type of urban planning. When not existing stone quarries, the traditional houses are of marinates.
Geography
San Pedro de Zamudia and the Valverde Valley is located in the northeast of the province of
Zamora. It belongs to the Judicial Party of
Benavente, which is about 20 km away. It is 67 km far from
Zamora and 260 to
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
.
The village has a small and very plain area. To the south, the
Castrón river flows and crosses the
Valverde Valley. The lowest part of the area, along the shore of the Castrón, is about 710m and at its highest of about 780m at the mount. The land is sedimentary and basically farmland.
Demographics
See also
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Sandin
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List of municipalities in Zamora
Zamora () is a Spanish province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense, León, Valladolid, and Salamanca, and by Portugal. Currently the province has ...
References
External links
San Pedro de Zamudia info site*{{in lang, es}
Map and infos about San Pedro de Zamudia (Pueblos de España)Photos of San Pedro de Zamudia
Populated places in the Province of Zamora