Vilvestre

Municipality in Castile and León, Spain

Flag

Coat of arms

Location of Vilvestre in Salamanca

41°06′11″N 6°43′07″W / 41.10306°N 6.71861°W / 41.10306; -6.71861CountrySpainAutonomous community Castile and LeónProvinceSalamancaComarcaVitigudinoSubcomarcaLa Ribera de SalamancaGovernment

• MayorJuan Ángel Gorjón (AV)Area

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• Total46.52 km² (17.96 sq mi)Elevation

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592 m (1,942 ft)Population

(2018)^[2]

• Total422 • Density9.1/km² (23/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Area code34 (Spain) + 923 (Salamanca)Websitewww.vilvestre.es

Vilvestre is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 96 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 468 people.

Geography

The municipality covers an area of 47 km². It lies 592 metres above sea level and the postal code is 37258.^[1]

Climate

Situated on the Río Duero, the climate is typical of the Mediterranean with orange and olive groves.

Notable people

Casimiro Hernández Calvo (1941–2024), mayor of Vilvestre (1979–1995), senator (1986–2000)^[3]

Gallery

City hall of Vilvestre.
Bakery in Vilvestre.
'Todos los Santos' day, Vilvestre.
Prehistoric statue of a penis in the Vilvestre Museum.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Municipio:Vilvestre". www.lasalina.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-10-28.
^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
^ "Casimiro Hernández Calvo, un político de raza que convirtió en imbatible al PP de Salamanca" [Casimiro Hernández Calvo, a pedigree politician who made the PP unbeatable in Salamanca]. El Español (in Spanish). 22 April 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.