Villalonso

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Villalonso
01 Villalonso Zamora Lou.jpg
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 is 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.

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

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