Alcocero de Mola

Alcocero de Mola
Municipality and town
View of Alcocero de Mola, 2009
View of Alcocero de Mola, 2009
Coat of arms of Alcocero de Mola
Municipal location of Alcocero de Mola in Burgos province
Municipal location of Alcocero de Mola in Burgos province
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityCastile and León Castile and León
ProvinceFlag of Burgos Burgos
ComarcaLa Bureba
Area
 • Total8.33 km2 (3.22 sq mi)
Elevation
795 m (2,608 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total36
 • Density4.3/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09258
Websitehttp://www.alcocerodemola.es/

Alcocero de Mola is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 53 inhabitants. The town was known only as Alcocero until 1938, when Francoist authorities renamed the village in honour of General Emilio Mola, who died in a plane crash near Alcocero on 3 June 1937.

Monument erected in 1939 in memory of General Emilio Mola, who died in a plane crash near Alcocero in 1937.
  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.