Mora, Spain

Mora is a town and municipality in Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The area is most famous for the abandoned ruins of the San Marcos de Yegros monastery of the Order of Santiago,[2] located northeast of the town of Mora about 10 km on the Calle de los Dolores in the village of Paraje de Yegros.

Mora, Spain
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Locator map for Mora Municipality in Spain
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile-La Mancha
ProvinceToledo
MunicipalityMora
Government
 • Mayor (Alcalde)Emilio Bravo Peña (2011)
Area
 • Total169.6 km2 (65.5 sq mi)
Elevation
717 m (2,352 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total9,737
 • Density57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehttp://www.mora.es

Name

The term "Mora" possibly derives from the Latin morum meaning moral.[3] However, Galmés de Fuentes has proposed an earlier origin, indicating that the pre-Roman root mor means "heap of stones" or cairn.[4]

Geography

This town is situated in the Montes de Toledo. It belongs to the region of La Mancha, and borders the municipalities of Villamuelas and Huerta de Valdecarabanos at north, Villanueva de Bogas and Tembleque at east, Turleque, Los Yebenes and Consuegra at south, Orgaz and Manzaneque at west and Mascaraque at northwest.

Administration
TermMayorPolitic Party
1979-1983Valentín Bravo MartínUCD
1983-1987Valentín Bravo MartínIndependent
1987-1991Leocadio Martín NuñezPSOE
1991-1995Valentín Bravo MartínPP
1995-1999Leocadio Martín NuñezPSOE
1999-2003Leocadio Martín NuñezPSOE
2003-2007Leocadio Martín NuñezPSOE
2007-2011Jose Manuel Villarrubia De La RosaPSOE
2011-Emilio BravoPP

Demography

Demographic Trends

1996199820002001200220032004200520062010
9.3129.3399.3719.5199.5879.7229.8149.99410.07210.516

References
  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Madoz, Pascual () "Mascaraque" (1848) Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de ultramar volume 11, Madrid, page 281 OCLC 17224233
  3. García Sánchez, Jairo Javier (2004) Toponimia mayor de la provincia de Toledo (zonas central y oriental) Instituto provincial de investigaciones y estudios toledanos, Toledo, Spain, page 241, ISBN 84-95432-05-6
  4. Galmés de Fuentes, Álvaro (1996) Toponimia: mito e historia: discurso leído el día 15 de diciembre de 1996 en su recepción pública Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain, pages 14–15, OCLC 644629736


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