Estépar

Estépar is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 797 inhabitants.

Estépar
Municipality and town
Seal
CountrySpain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Burgos
ComarcaAlfoz de Burgos
Area
  Total102 km2 (39 sq mi)
Elevation
812 m (2,664 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total608
  Density6.0/km2 (15/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09230
Websitehttp://www.estepar.es/

Mass grave

Estépar is the site of multiple mass graves, first discovered by the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory in 2014.[2] The graves contained the remains of at least 70 republicans who were killed by nationalists in August–September 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.[3]

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. "Mass graves from Spain's civil war uncovered - World Socialist Web Site". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. Arranz, María (25 July 2014). "70 bodies exhumed from Spanish Civil War mass grave in Estépar, Spain". Demotix.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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