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Almaraz
Sign in to saveAlmaraz is a town in Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain. As of 2005, its population is 1,295. It is on the European route E90. It is the home of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant. A large solar power plant is being built in the town.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Almaraz
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
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- Escudo de Almaraz.svg
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- Spain
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- Location in Spain
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- Country
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- Autonomous community
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- Extremadura
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cáceres
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- Comarca
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- Campo Arañuelo
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 277
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 34
- Settlement.population_demonym
- almaraceño/a
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.blank_name_sec1
- Official language(s)
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
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Almaraz is a town in Cáceres Province, Extremadura, Spain. As of 2005, its population is 1,295. It is on the European route E90. It is the home of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant. A large solar power plant is being built in the town.
The bridge over the Tagus at Almaraz was built by Emperor Carlos I in the 16th Century and was known by the local people as the Albalat Bridge; however, it was destroyed by the Spanish on 14 March 1809 to prevent its use by the French during the Peninsular War. In the Battle of Almaraz on 18/19 May 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Lord Hill destroyed a French pontoon bridge across the Tagus which was protected by two French garrisons at either end.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Almaraz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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