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Peñalba de Ávila

municipality of Spain

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ1631119 ↗
Source-derived summary

Peñalba de Ávila is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain.

Peñalba de Ávila is 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Madrid. It comprises 23 square kilometres (8.9 sq mi) of surface area and its altitude is 1,073 metres (3,520 ft) above sea level.

Population

The population of Peñalba de Ávila has shown a steady decline since 1900. The largest population in the municipality was in 1910 when the population was 354 inhabitants.

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The public source identifies “Peñalba de Ávila” as municipality of Spain. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Peñalba, Ávila and municipality.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1900, 1910—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Peñalba, Ávila and municipality providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 11, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1631119. Authority coordinates are 40.772, -4.746. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1900 and 1910.

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This entry incorporates text from “Peñalba de Ávila” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.