Villamantilla
Flag of Villamantilla
Official seal of Villamantilla
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCommunity of Madrid
Area
  Total9.26 sq mi (23.99 km2)
Elevation
1,800 ft (550 m)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total1,420
  Density150/sq mi (59/km2)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Villamantilla is a municipality of the Community of Madrid, Spain. In 2022 it had a population of 1,567.[2]

It is mostly known because at its head is the only Black mayor of Spain, Juan Antonio de la Morena (for the right-wing Partido Popular), born from a Black father and a mother from Equatorial Guinea. He was first elected in 2007 (57.83% for the PP list), and reelected in 2011 (62.64%). His father, uncle and grandfather had already been mayors or vice-mayors of the town, including in Francoist Spain.[3][4][5]

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Madrid: Población por municipios y sexo. (2881)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. (in Spanish) Cristina Galindo, ¿Y un ecuatoriano en La Moncloa?, El País, 30 December 2008
  4. (in Spanish) Reelegido en Villamantilla (Madrid) por mayoría absoluta el único alcalde negro de España Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Terra Noticias - Europa Press, 23 May 2011
  5. (in Spanish) Electoral results in Villamantilla - 2003, 2007 and 2011 municipal elections

40°20′N 4°08′W / 40.333°N 4.133°W / 40.333; -4.133


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