Villalonso
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Zamora
MunicipalityVillalonso
Area
  Total14 km2 (5 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total75
  Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Villalonso is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 116 inhabitants.

In 1147 Osorio Martínez granted a fuero 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, some barley, and some must.[2] The villa of Villalonso has been the ground of some movies, the most famous is Robin and Marian by Richard Lester, and a great cast of actors such as Sean Connery, Audrey Herpburn, Robert Shaw and Richard Harris.

Notes

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997), 95.

41°36′N 5°18′W / 41.600°N 5.300°W / 41.600; -5.300


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