Candeleda () is a town and municipality located in the

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, in the

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, Spain. According to the 2011 INE census, the municipality has a population of 5,213 inhabitants, making it the fifth largest municipality in the province after

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–the capital–,

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and

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.Instituto Nacional de Estadística
Población, superficie y densidad por CCAA y provincias. Fuentes del Instituto Geográfico Nacional y del Padrón de 2011. Consultado el 25 de octubre de 2012. The town is located on the southern hillside of the Gredos mountains, 432 m above sea level, giving it a microclimate with a thermal regime of mild winters and hot summers and average summer temperatures of 26 °C. Candeleda is related, economically and culturally, with the neighbouring town of

and the Tiétar valley in

, the region of

La Vera La Vera is a comarca (county, but with no administrative role) in Extremadura, western Spain. The largest town is Jaraíz de la Vera Jaraíz de la Vera () is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. According to t ...

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, as well as the ''Campana de Oropesa'' region and the city of

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in Castile-La Mancha. Due to the relatively long distance between Candeleda and Ávila, links with the capital are limited to administrative and medical matters. The village festival and processions in honour of the town's patron saint, the Virgin of Chilla, are held annually on the second and third Sunday of September.

Identitary elements

Symbols

According to the

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the heraldic blazon is: :''Shield with Spanish form, cut and half way broken. First of Dávalos, on an azure field a golden castle, with tree towers on it and the central one being higher than the others, battlements,

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stone mansory and

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windows and doors, with a silver and gules compony bordure. Second of Estúñiga, which is of silver, a sable ribbon highlighted by a gold chain placed as an orle. Third, in azure, a silver hermitage with an oak, grass in vert. As crown at the top, the Spanish Royal Crown.''Boletín Oficial de Castilla y León
núm. 202/1994 del 19 de octubre de 1994. Decreto 256/1990, de 13 de diciembre de 1994. And the description of the

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is: :''Square flag of 1x1 proportion, of

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colour, and in its centre the municipal coat of arms in their colours.''

Toponymy and demonym

The most accepted theory about the origin of the town's name states that it is a combination of the

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Candela –not in the sense of light or candle, but in that of chestnut blossom or Holm Oaks present in the municipality– together with the -etum suffix, which denotes abundance. The demonym for the inhabitants is Candeledano.

Physical geography

Location

Candeleda municipality is located in the south west of the Gredos mountains, Ávila province, bordering the provinces of Cáceres (

) and

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( Castile-La Mancha). It is located 101 km from the province's capital. The closest cities are

(

), 61 km away, and

Plasencia Plasencia () is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. , it has a population of 41,047. Plasencia is located in the Western-Central Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Sistema Central. Housing primarily ...

( Cáceres), 120 km away. The altitude of the municipality ranges from the 252 m of the Rosarito reservoir and the 2592 m of the Almanzor peak, the highest point of the Central System mountains range.Junta de Castilla y León
Estudio de Necesidades Formativas en Ámbitos Rurales de Castilla y León II. ''El relieve de Candeleda es tan original y único, dentro de la Península, que su término municipal de 215,51 Km2. es TECHO -con 2.592m. en sus cumbres del Macizo Central- y al mismo tiempo "depresión o desnivel más grande de Castilla" -252m. sobre el nivel del mar, en el embalse de Rosarito y riberas del río Tiétar''. Consultado el 24 de octubre de 2012.

Hydrography

On the south end of the municipality, at the border with the

province of Toledo Toledo () is a Province (Spain), province of central Spain, in the western part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid Province, Madrid, Cuenca Province (Spai ...

has its course the Tiétar river. The Tiétar river runs along the border with the province of Toledo, south of the municipality. Several tributaries –the Santa Maria, Chilla and Alardos gorges– have their sources in the Gredos mountains and descend perpendicularly to the mountains and the Tiétar river and join the latter at the end of their course. The Rosarito reservoir, between the provinces of

and

, holds Tiétar’s water before it enters into Extremadura. This reservoir built in 1958 is used for water supply, hydropower generation and recreational purposes, and has a capacity of 82 hm3 and an area of 1475 ha.Embalses.net
Estado de los embalses y pantanos de España. Pantano de Rosarito. Consultado el 24 de octubre de 2012.

Climate

The broad altitude range of the municipality results in different climate zones. According to the

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, in the main urban area at 428 m the climate is classified as Csa, a Mediterranean temperate climate with mild winters and hot summers with average temperatures of around 26 °C. The peaks of the Gredos mountains, the highest of which is the Almanzor peak, have a Dsb continental climate.aemet.es
Atlas climático ibérico. Total rainfall in the municipality is very abundant, influenced by the geographical position of Candeleda, located south from the Sierra de Gredos mountain range.

Flora and fauna

The municipality's different bioclimatic floors allow a great variety of vegetation.

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, Pyrenean oaks and

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s are abundant in the middle floor, while holm oaks and cork oaks occupy the lower floors. The flatter lands are most suitable for agricultural use.

History

El Raso

El Raso is a village dependent on Candeleda located in the western part of the municipality 10 km away from the town core and at an altitude of 720 m. According to the INE, El Raso had a population of 482 people in 2011. It was founded in 1934 as a town devoted to intensive goat farming on the southern slopes of the Gredos mountains. The village is now devoted to goat husbandry, agriculture and

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. Its patron saint is St. James, and it holds an annual festival on 25 July featuring heifers, fire bulls and popular dances.

Demography

In 2011 Candeleda had 5,213 inhabitants. 24% of the total population was above 64 years of age. 239 residents (4.6% of the total) originated from foreign countries, most commonly

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n (91 people) and

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n (20 people).Caja España – Ficha municipal de datos económicos y sociales 2012 – Candeleda
Consultado el 1 de enero de 2013. In total, 101 people came from

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(42.3% of all foreign residents).

Administration and politics

Economy

The municipality relies heavily on the tertiary sector of the economy (56.3% of workers in 2011) and it is largely dependent on tourism. In 2011, right in the middle of the Spanish financial crisis, the total number of unemployed people was 512 (15.5% of the active population).

Primary sector

In 2007 19.9% of the working population was employed in the primary sector. 64.2% of farmland (13,737.3 ha) was devoted to pasture. 4.2% of land (899.4 ha) was devoted to fields of tree crops, 50.3% of which were olive groves (452.2 ha) and 49.3% (442.9 ha) orchards. 13.8% of land (2960.6 ha) were forest species (no orchard species). Livestock is of great importance in the municipality. Candeleda is the town with the largest number of goats in the province of Ávila. The 22,000 goats of the municipality provide employment for 130 families and generate economic activity based around the production of fresh, cured and semi-cured goat's cheese. The municipality is within the area of

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of Carne de Ávila (Meat of Ávila), beef from the species Avileña-Negra ibérica.

Secondary sector

The

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, especially if

construction Construction are processes involved in delivering buildings, infrastructure, industrial facilities, and associated activities through to the end of their life. It typically starts with planning, financing, and design that continues until the a ...

is excluded, is not of great importance for the economy of Candeleda. In 2007, at the height of the

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, construction employed 21.6% of workers. In the same period 6.6% of the labour market were employed in

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(excluding construction).

Tertiary sector

This is the main economic sector employing 56.3% of the active population, with a great reliance on

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

. In 2011 the municipality (including the town itself, El Raso and the disseminated areas) had 158 retail establishments, 25 restaurants, 71 bars, 5 banks, 3 drug stores, 3 gas stations and 10 hotels or hostels.

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has been the fastest growing industry in the last few decades. By the 1990s the annual number of visitors to the Tiétar Valley region was estimated at 100,000. The majority of visitors were from

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. The municipality has developed a number of regulated facilities to accommodate tourists, either hotel accommodation (7 establishments with a total of 154 beds) or

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s (146 beds). More than half of the companies in the region providing activities related with rural tourism –9 of a total of 15– are based in Candeleda. They offer house riding,

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and

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. The real estate sector is also important since many people have second homes in the region.

Social Facilities

Education and Culture

For nursery and

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, the municipality has the

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,Junta de Castilla y León
Estudio de Necesidades Formativas en Ámbitos Rurales de Castilla y León II. Consultado el 24 de octubre de 2012. in the town itself, and the Vetonia Primary School in El Raso.

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is provided by the Candavera

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in the town itself. Candeleda has a municipal

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with two floors (the first floor is a study room and the second a children's room). Built in 1993, it is located in the Camilo José Cela street close to El Castillo square. The town has a municipal

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located in the La Cañada area. Opened in 2010, there is a main room with 310 seats and two smaller rooms, one of which is used for rehearsals. The construction of the auditorium had a total cost of around 570.000 €.

Health

Candeleda has a health centre run by the Castile and León Health Service (SACYL). SACYL have signed several agreements with the Junta of Communities of Castile-La Mancha so the population of Candeleda can be treated at the

(

) hospital in emergency cases, births, oncology, same day surgery and in the specialists units of neurology, endocrinology and rheumatology.

Sport

Candeleda has a small covered arena close to the Candavera High School, which is used as a municipal

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court and

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pitch. 2.7 km west of the village is the municipal stadium "El Llano". This is a football ground, with dimensions 103x68 m and open air stands, seating around 500 people. Next to the stadium is the municipal

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, which has a heated swimming pool. The municipality also has a

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located 7 km west of the urban core. It is open all year round.

Architectonic heritage

* Castro Celta de El Raso * The shrine of Our Lady of Chilla * The church of Our Lady of the Assumption * The San Blas hermitage * The Pillory

Sights

* Ethnographic Museum : The museum, located in a building on Corredera Street that was once the local school and an antimalarial dispensary, has two floors each of 100 m2 with three different exhibitions, two of them temporary (in 2012 «Candeleda, a royal visit "and" Celts in Southern Gredos'). The third is permanent and ethnographic in nature and you can see a coat of arms from the sixteenth century, as well as items donated by townspeople, such as two millstones from the Iron Age and an apothecary pestle. The museum, which opened in April 2012, cost € 377 000 to complete. * Casa de la Judería (Jewry's House) : The House of Jewry is a small museum and cultural space used to publicise the history, culture and traditional cuisine of Candeleda. Paintings, photographs, sculptures and other art forms are displayed in the exhibition. The Inquisition in Candeleda was held in this building several centuries ago. It was opened as a museum on Juderia Street in August 2010. * Tin Toy Museum ''House of Flowers'' : It is a museum which houses more than 2,000 pieces of tin toys. It is located in one of the most striking traditional buildings in the town's Main Square. * Vado de los Fresnos : The Vado De Los Fresnos is an animal reserve with a variety of local species living on the banks of the Rosarito reservoir.

Village festival and folklore

The village festival and processions in honour of the town's patron saint, the Virgin of Chilla, are held annually on the second and third Sunday of September. The event has been declared a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest. Of lesser importance, Las Candelas are held on 2 February, with traditional "iluminarias" (bonfires that young people jump over). The following day, 3 February, is

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, known colloquially as ''

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day'', where people gather to eat Spanish

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s and chorizo obtained from

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s at farms in the town. Livestock markets, which were once so important, still take place in April and August, but are now more of a spectacle than a real sales opportunity. Candeleda is an ancient and rural population centre that preserves traditions and forms of social relationships like rondas, informal groups of neighbours and friends who come together during the village festival or at Christmas to sing, play music and dance in the street with

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s and also zambombas (rustic drums) at Christmas. Traditional musical genres have been preserved especially

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s, malagueñas, and jotas for dancing, and also tonás and

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or wedding songs. The Pedro Vaquero Festival of folk, named after the Candeledan musical anthropologist, is held every August. 2012 was the eighteenth year that the town held the festival.

Gastronomy

The town shares many of the traits of the province's cuisine but has some particularities due to its location next to the region of

and

. One of the most outstanding products cultivated in the town is the paprika of Candeleda,Diputación de Ávila.
Productos de la Tierra: Pimentón de Candeleda. Consultado el 26 de octubre de 2012 similar to that of the neighbouring Extremeñian region of

and its paprika with

. It is used to flavour a wide variety of traditional dishes, such as Riojan potatoes, Galizian octopus,

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and

Candeleda-related celebrities

* * The

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politician and former

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Foreign Secretary

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Tristan Garel-Jones William Armand Thomas "Tristan" Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC (28 February 1941 – 23 March 2020) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Watford from 1979 to 1997, b ...

(February 28, 1941 - 24 March 2020), who owned a house in the municipality.''Un Lord en Candeleda'', artículo en diario ''ABC'', 3 de mayo de 2009
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(March 29, 1943 -), who has spent several summers in the town since the late 1980s, visiting the home of his colleague and fellow politician