Martiago

Martiago is a Spanish municipality and town in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is integrated within the region of Ciudad Rodrigo and the sub-region of Los Agadones. It belongs to the judicial district of Ciudad Rodrigo.

Its municipal area is made up of a single population center, it occupies a total area of 47.36 km² and according to the demographic data collected in the municipal register prepared by the INE in 2017, it has a population of 292 inhabitants.

Geography

Northwest: The Encina	North: Pastors	Northeast: Villarejo
West: Herguijuela de Ciudad Rodrigo		This: Agallas
Southwest: The Sahugo	South: Cespedosa de Agadones	Sureste: Vegas of Domingo Rey

Demographics

Graphic of demographic evolution of Martiago between 1900 and 2022

Source: Spanish National Statistical Institute - Graphical development by Wikipedia.

According to the National Institute of Statistics, Martiago had, as of December 31, 2018, a total population of 285 inhabitants, of whom 153 were men and 132 women. Regarding the year 2000, the census reflects 380 inhabitants, of which 201 were men and 179 women. Therefore, the loss of population in the municipality for the period 2000-2018 has been 95 inhabitants, a 25% decrease.

History

The population origins of Martiago seem to date back to Vetonian or Roman times, since its name would be of Celtor-Roman origin according to the thesis of Llorente Maldonado and Barrios García. In any case, the Roman votive stone that appeared in the works of the Church of Martiago in 1950, as well as other Roman remains, would denote the existence of a population in the Roman era in the town, a fact that would be corroborated in the environment by the nearby existence of the Castro de Lerilla, inhabited in Vetonian and Roman times. Later, in the Middle Ages, Martiago was repopulated within the repopulation processes carried out in the area by the kings of León, being framed in the Campo de Agadones of the Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo after its creation by the king Fernando II de León in the XII century. With the creation of the current provinces in 1833, Martiago was included in the of Salamanca, within the Leonese Region.

Administration and politics

Municipal elections