Fresno de Caracena

Fresno de Caracena
Municipality
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Coordinates: 41°27′09″N 3°05′26″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Soria
Comarca	Tierras del Burgo
Government [1]
• Mayor	Tomás Arranz Bravo (People's Party)
Area [2]
• Total	16.78 km^2 (6.48 sq mi)
Elevation	952 m (3,123 ft)
Population  (2023)
• Total	22
• Density	1.3/km^2 (3.4/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Climate	Cfb
Website	Official website

Fresno de Caracena is a municipality located in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It had a population of 22 inhabitants in 2023^[3] and it is one of the less populated areas of the country. Fresno de Caracena is the place where Pere Abat was a cleric, who is supposedly the author of the book "El Cantar del Mio Cid".^[4]

Fresno de Caracena is also the location of a 12th-century church and a rollo picota used in the past to hang criminals.

References

1. "Pleno Ayuntamiento". Ayuntamiento de Fresno de Caracena (in Spanish).
2. "Entidades Locales". ssweb.seap.minhap.es. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
3. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
4. "Per Abat". dbe.rah.es. Retrieved 14 April 2024.