Coordinates: 40°59′31″N 0°51′11″W / 40.992°N 0.853°W / 40.992; -0.853

Plou, Aragon

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Plou
Flag of Plou
Coat of arms of Plou
Plou, Aragon is located in Spain
Plou, Aragon
Coordinates: 40°59′31″N 0°51′11″W / 40.992°N 0.853°W / 40.992; -0.853
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAragon
ProvinceTeruel
Area
 • Total17.33 km2 (6.69 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total43
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Plou is a municipality located in the Province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 49 inhabitants.

The extinct plant genus Ploufolia was discovered in and named after the municipality.[2]

Plou is also a common surname in the small community.[3]

Church of Santa Cruz, Plou

As of 2021, the town had 50 registered residents but only 24 year-round residents, including two school age children who travel to Montalbán for school. The town declined in the 1960s with the closing a mining railway from Utrillas to Zaragoza, and more emigration to larger cities, mainly Zaragoza and Barcelona.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Investigadores de Zaragoza hallan fósiles de plantas de hace 100 millones de años" [Zaragoza researchers find plant fossils from 100 million years ago]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 2010-06-01.
  3. ^ (21 August 2018). Plou: un pueblo devoto de escaso censo y gran corazón, Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Perez, Pedro (24 May 2021). Plou reclama que haya un transporte público para dar servicio a los mayores, Diario de Teruel (in Spanish)

Further reading

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  • Parral y Cristóba, Luis (1907). "Plou". Fueros, observancias, actos de Corte, usos y costumbres: con una reseña geografica é historica del reino de Aragon (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Zaragoza: Est. tip. de M. Salas. p. 228. OCLC 14636427.