Villavieja de Yeltes is a municipality in Salamanca

Salamanca (province)

Salamanca is a province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Zamora, Valladolid, Ávila, and Cáceres; and by Portugal....

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Geography

The municipality is in the western portion of Castile and León, about 290 km from Madrid

Madrid

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, at 738 meters above sea level. Its northern and eastern borders are formed by the Yeltes river, and its entire area is in the river's drainage basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

. Its highest point is 828 meters above sea level, in La Berzosa.

History

The shores of the Yeltes river have been inhabited since prehistoric times, as indicated by artifacts found there. Megalithic-stage structures were scattered throughout the area, and many remains have been discovered from the medieval period.

Demographics

The population has fallen inexorably since 2001.

Year	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Population	1119	1113	1082	1029	1041	1022	989
Men	558	553	541	514	518	511	498
Women	561	560	541	515	523	511	491