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Abertura is a municipality in the
province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of Cáceres and
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of
Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...
,
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. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 it had a population of 447 people.


Geography

The municipal district is generally flat, with an altitude of between 380 and 430m, taking the Esparragosa as the highest point. The main rivers are the Búrdalo and Alcollarín rivers.


Demography

Abertura has had the following populations from 1900: Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.8) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.6) id:bar value:rgb(1,0.75,0.4) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:20 top:20 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:1600 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:200 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:40 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:white BarData= bar:1900 text:1900 bar:1910 text:1910 bar:1920 text:1920 bar:1930 text:1930 bar:1940 text:1940 bar:1950 text:1950 bar:1960 text:1960 bar:1970 text:1970 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2010 text:2010 PlotData= color:bar width:20 align:left bar:1900 from:0 till:1124 bar:1910 from:0 till:1026 bar:1920 from:0 till:1245 bar:1930 from:0 till:1308 bar:1940 from:0 till:1304 bar:1950 from:0 till:1436 bar:1960 from:0 till:1393 bar:1970 from:0 till:871 bar:1981 from:0 till:608 bar:1991 from:0 till:532 bar:2001 from:0 till:512 bar:2010 from:0 till:459 PlotData= bar:1900 at: 1124 fontsize:S text:1.124 shift:(-10,5) bar:1910 at: 1026 fontsize:S text:1.026 shift:(-10,5) bar:1920 at: 1245 fontsize:S text:1.245 shift:(-10,5) bar:1930 at: 1308 fontsize:S text:1.308 shift:(-10,5) bar:1940 at: 1304 fontsize:S text:1.304 shift:(-10,5) bar:1950 at: 1436 fontsize:S text:1.436 shift:(-10,5) bar:1960 at: 1393 fontsize:S text:1.393 shift:(-10,5) bar:1970 at: 871 fontsize:S text:871 shift:(-10,5) bar:1981 at: 608 fontsize:S text:608 shift:(-10,5) bar:1991 at: 532 fontsize:S text:532 shift:(-10,5) bar:2001 at: 512 fontsize:S text:512 shift:(-10,5) bar:2010 at: 459 fontsize:S text:459 shift:(-10,5) Specifically, during the 2000s, the population change was as follows:


History

In 1594 Cáceres formed part of the land of Trujillo in Trujillo Province. At the fall of the
Ancien Régime ''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word for " ancient, old" ** Société des anciens textes français * the French for "former, senior" ** Virelai ancien ** Ancien Régime ** Ancien Régime in France {{disambig ...
it was part of the constitutional municipality in the region of
Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...
that, from 1834, became part of the Judicial District of Logrosán. According to an 1842 census, the area accounted for 200 households and 1096 residents.


Education

In 2001, Abertura was the third municipality of more than 100 inhabitants in Cáceres province with a majority of the population without an education. In total, 66.2% of the population greater than 10 years old lacked any type of educational training. This percentage was well above the 23.9% regional average and the 15.3% state average.


Monuments

* San Juan Bautista Parish Church (15th century) * Santa Ana Hermitage


See also

*
List of municipalities in Cáceres This is a list of the municipalities in the provinces of Spain, province of Caceres (province), Cáceres in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. There are 223 municipalities. List See also *Geography of Spain *List of Spanish citie ...


References


External links


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