Miranda de Azán
Miranda de Azán 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 Campo de Salamanca (Campo Charro). It belongs to the judicial district of Salamanca.
Its municipal area is made up of the towns of Aldeagallega, Aldeanueva, Miranda de Azán, Torrecilla, Las Liebres Urbanization and Los Guijos Urbanization, it occupies a total area of 24.07 km² and according to the INE, in 2017 it had a population of 425 inhabitants.
History
The foundation of Miranda de Azán occurred halfway between the reigns of Fernando II of León and Alfonso IX of León, the town being integrated into the quarter of Peña del Rey of the jurisdiction of Salamanca, within the Kingdom of León. Since the XIII century, the Zamoran monastery of Moreruela had possessions in the municipality. The oldest document in the town dates from 1190, being a document of donation to the Church by a certain Ramón Martín. With the creation of the current provinces in 1833, Miranda de Azán was included in the province of Salamanca, within the Leonese Region.
Demographics
| Graphic of demographic evolution of Miranda de Azán between 1900 and 2021 |
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Source: Spanish National Statistical Institute - Graphical development by Wikipedia. |
Population centers
The municipality is divided into several population centers, which had the following population in 2017 according to the INE.
| Population Core | Population |
|---|---|
| Miranda de Azán | 263 |
| Urbanisation Los Guijos | 92 |
| Urbanization Las Liebres | 61 |
| Aldeagallega | 8 |
| Aldeanueva | 1 |
| Torrecilla | 0 |
Administration and politics
| Political party | 2019 | 2015 | 2011 | 2007 | 2003 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Votes | Councillors | % | Votes | Councillors | % | Votes | Councillors | % | Votes | Councillors | % | Votes | Councillors | |
| United Left (IU) | 65.2 | 148 | 5 | 72.77 | 163 | 6 | 44,74 | 102. | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Popular Party (PP) | 28,19 | 64 | 2 | 20,98 | 47 | 1 | 31,58 | 72 | 2 | 32,21 | 86 | 2 | 44,74 | 119 | 4 |
| Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) | 3,96 | 9 | 0 | 4.46 | 10 | 0 | 9,65 | 22 | 0 | 28,09 | 75 | 2 | 34,82 | 86 | 2 |
| SI Coalition for Salamanca (SI) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12,72 | 29 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Union of the Salmantino People (UPSa) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38,58 | 103 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Regionalist Unit of Castilla y León (URCL) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12,96 | 32 | 1 |
Transportation
The municipality is very well connected by road, through the N-630 national road that connects Gijón with Seville and allows you to go both to the provincial capital and to other nearby towns, parallel to this road runs the Ruta de la Plata highway which has the same route as the national one and which has a direct exit in Miranda, allowing faster communications with the rest of the country. Also in the municipality, the DSA-202 ends, which connects with the junction of the N-630 and Arapiles, at a crossroads where the DSA-106 road also ends, which joins it to the northeast with Calvarrasa de Arriba.
As far as public transport is concerned, after the closure of the Vía de la Plata railway route, which passed through the neighboring municipality of Arapiles, where it had a stop, there are no train services in the municipality or in the neighbors, nor regular line with bus service. On the other hand, Salamanca Airport is the closest, being about 26km away.