Golmayo is a

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in the

Province of Soria Soria is a Province (Spain), province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Castile and León. Most of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. Demo ...

, in the

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. The municipality lies at an altitude of and covers an area of .

Demography

The estimated population of the municipality was 1,527 in 2006, 1,688 in 2007 and 1,815 in 2008, of which 961 were male and 854 female. The population density is 9.56. Golmayo is now the province's 9th largest municipality by population. In 1996 it was the 19th. Due to its proximity to the provincial capital of

Soria Soria () is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881 ( INE, 2017), 43.7% of the provincial populatio ...

, of which it is becoming a

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, Golmayo had the fastest growth rate of the province in the period from 1998 to 2008, when it gained 932 inhabitants, a growth of 209%. This is in contrast to the province of Soria as a whole, which has had a negative population trend during the last decades: 165 out of the 193 municipalities of the province have actually lost population since the mid-nineties and the overall result for the

province of Soria Soria is a Province (Spain), province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Castile and León. Most of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. Demo ...

has been a 1.9% increase in population in the twelve years to 2008.

Local administration

The

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of Golmayo is Mr. Félix Cubillo Romera of the Partido Popular. This party has four

councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

s in the town's

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while the "Agrupación Municipal Independiente de Golmayo", has three and the

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has two.

Elections

In the 2008 Spanish

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, the ruling

received 47.7% of the vote in Golmayo, the Partido Popular received 42.1%, and Izquierda Unida received 3.1%.

References

External links

* Municipalities in the Province of Soria {{soria-geo-stub