Valdemeca
Encyclopedia
Valdemeca is a municipality
in the province
of Cuenca
, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
, Spain
.
The municipality has an area is 70 km² and its climate
is continent
al. The geographical coordinates of Valdemeca are: latitude, 40° 13′59″N; longitude, 1° 43′59″W and altitude, 1387 meters. As of 2003, the municipality had a population of 101 (56 male, 45 female). The density is only 1.4 people/km². The municipality has lost 13.6% of its population in the last decade (1996-2005).
The mayor of Valdemeca is Mr. Moisés Heras García of the party Izquierda Unida de Castilla-La Mancha
. Valdemeca is one of the few municipalities of Spain with "one-man municipal council
" (i.e. small municipalities with an elected mayor
but no municipal council as such) where Izquierda Unida has succeeded in getting its candidate elected.
In the 2004 Spanish General Election
, the Partido Popular
got 39 votes (61.9%), the Partido Socialista Obrero Español got 17 (27.0%) and Izquierda Unida de Castilla-La Mancha got 7 (11,1%).
Municipality
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in the province
Province
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of Cuenca
Cuenca (province)
Cuenca is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.-Guide to the area:Located in a natural setting of beauty, the Old Town of Cuenca occupies a superb site between two river gorges. Famous are its 15th Century "hanging houses" , that appear...
, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha
Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...
, Spain
Spain
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.
The municipality has an area is 70 km² and its climate
Climate
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is continent
Continent
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al. The geographical coordinates of Valdemeca are: latitude, 40° 13′59″N; longitude, 1° 43′59″W and altitude, 1387 meters. As of 2003, the municipality had a population of 101 (56 male, 45 female). The density is only 1.4 people/km². The municipality has lost 13.6% of its population in the last decade (1996-2005).
The mayor of Valdemeca is Mr. Moisés Heras García of the party Izquierda Unida de Castilla-La Mancha
United Left (Spain)
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. Valdemeca is one of the few municipalities of Spain with "one-man municipal council
Municipal council
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" (i.e. small municipalities with an elected mayor
Mayor
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but no municipal council as such) where Izquierda Unida has succeeded in getting its candidate elected.
In the 2004 Spanish General Election
General election
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, the Partido Popular
People's Party (Spain)
The People's Party is a conservative political party in Spain.The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance , a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship...
got 39 votes (61.9%), the Partido Socialista Obrero Español got 17 (27.0%) and Izquierda Unida de Castilla-La Mancha got 7 (11,1%).