Villalonso is a municipality located in the province of Zamora

Zamora (province)

Zamora is a Spanish province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.The present-day province of Zamora province was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when Spain was re-organised into 49 provinces.It is bordered by...

, Castile and León

Castile and León

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, Spain

Spain

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. According to the 2004 census

Census

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 (INE

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)

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), the municipality has a population of 116 inhabitants.

In 1147 Osorio Martínez

Osorio Martínez

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 granted a fuero

Fuero

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to Villalonso with the approval of Alfonso VII. The village in turn was required to make an annual payment in kind of half a sheep, ten loaves of bread

Bread

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, some barley

Barley

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, and some must

Must

Must is freshly pressed fruit juice that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace; it typically makes up 7%–23% of the total weight of the must. Making must is the first step in winemaking...

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