Acrijos, used to be a municipality in the province of Soria, Spain

Spain

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. At the end of 1966 the population of the village fled away due to the pressure induced by ICONA

ICONA

Instituto para la Conservación de la Naturaleza , better known by its acronym ICONA was the administrative entity that was established in Spain in order to preserve and research the natural environment in the Spanish territory.Founded four years before General Franco's death, ICONA played an...

, the National Institute for Forestal recovery that had bought the land surrounding the village.

At the same time other villages in the neighbouring area, like Sarnago, Vea

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, Villarijo, Valdemoro

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, Buvanco, Armejun and Fuentevella lost their inhabitants for the same reason.

Still the descents of the original population meet over summer and keep a virtual village.

External links

• http://www.acrijos.es