Villaflores (Salamanca)

House consistorial

St. Martin parish church and children's playground

Villaflores 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 Tierra de Peñaranda and the sub-region of Las Guareñas. It belongs to the judicial district of Peñaranda.

Its municipal area is made up of Villaflores and the unpopulated areas of Mazores Nuevo, Mazores Viejo and Morquera. It has a population of 258 inhabitants (INE 2022).

Location

Northwest: Vallesa de la Guareña	North: Cantalapiedra	Northeast: Cantalapiedra
West: Cantalpino		This: Palaciosrubios
Southwest Cantalpino	South: Poveda de las Cintas	Sureste: Palaciosrubios

History

Its foundation dates back to the repopulation carried out by the kings of León in the Middle Ages, being integrated into the quarter of Villoria of the jurisdiction of Salamanca, within the Kingdom of León, being called in the century XIII Velacos. With the creation of the current provinces in 1833, Villaflores was included in the province of Salamanca, within the Leonese Region.

In 1903, the far-right politician and activist Ramón Ruiz Alonso was born in this town, whose figure has gone down in history for his involvement in the arrest and subsequent murder of the poet Federico García Lorca.

Demographics

Graphic of demographic evolution of Villaflores between 1900 and 2022

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 2015 according to the INE.

Administration and politics

Municipal elections

Heritage

• The parish church of San Martín.

Characters