Illán de Vacas is a town located in the province

Provinces of Spain

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 of Toledo

Toledo (province)

Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila....

, in Castile-La Mancha

Castile-La Mancha

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, Spain

Spain

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. The surface of the municipality is 9 km². According to the 2008 census, it has a total population of 6 inhabitants. This renders it the least populated municipality

Municipality

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 in Spain.

Illán de Vacas belongs to the "comarca

Comarca

A comarca is a traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil. The term is derived from the term marca, meaning a "march, mark", plus the prefix co- meaning "together, jointly".The comarca is known in Aragonese as redolada and...

" of Torrijos

Torrijos, Spain

Torrijos is a Spanish municipality of Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Its population is 12,000 and its surface is 17 km², with a density of 682.76 people/km². Torrijos is the center of the "comarca" of the same name....

. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of Los Cerralbos

Los Cerralbos

Los Cerralbos is a Spanish municipality of Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Its population is 465 and its surface is 40 km², with a density of 11.6 people/km²....

, on the northwest by Otero

Otero (Spain)

Otero is a Spanish municipality of Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Its population is 183 and its surface is 30 km², with a density of 6.1 people/km². The mayor is Mr. Juan Lorenzo Moreno Labrado, of the Partido Popular...

, on the east by Domingo Pérez

Domingo Pérez

Domingo Pérez is a Spanish municipality of Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Its population is 498 and its surface is 1031 km², with a density of 38.31 people/km². The mayor is Mr. Blas Rodríguez Gomez de las Heras, of the Partido Popular...

, on the south by Cebolla

Cebolla

Cebolla is a Spanish municipality of Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Its population is 2,978 and it is 37 km², in area with a density of 80.5 people/km²....

 and on the west by Lucillos

Lucillos

Lucillos is a Spanish municipality of Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Its population is 488 and its surface is 41 km², with a density of 11.9 people/km²....

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The town lies at an elevation of roughly 480 m, and is located 59 km west of Toledo

Toledo, Spain

Toledo's Alcázar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.-Economy:...

 and 35 km east of Talavera de la Reina, on the rail line between Talavera and Torrijos. It is approximately 95 km southwest of Madrid

Madrid

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The mayor

Mayor

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 of Illán de Vacas is Mr. Julián Renilla Bru of the Partido Popular

People's Party (Spain)

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. In the 2004 General Election

General election

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 in Spain, all four votes cast at Illán de Vacas went to the Partido Popular.

The municipality contains a church dedicated to the Assumption of Our Lady

Assumption of Mary

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External links

• General election results (2004) in Illán de Vacas