Colmenar de Montemayor is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the province of

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

, in the autonomous community of

Castile and Leon Castile, Castille or Castilla may refer to: Places Spain * Castile (historical region), a vaguely defined historical region of Spain covering most of Castile and León, all of the Community of Madrid and most of Castilla–La Mancha * Kingdom o ...

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. Its

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is 37711.

Geography

It is located from the provincial

capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...

city of

, at above

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. The

covers an area of .

History

It was founded by the king Alfonso IX of Leon in the 13th century.

Demographics

It has a population of 189 people (2015).

Monuments

* Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. * House of the nobleman. * House of the ''Chantre''. * Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación.

References

Municipalities in the Province of Salamanca {{Salamanca-geo-stub