Puente del Congosto | |
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.jpg) Panoramic: Church and castle | |
.svg) Flag .svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location in Salamanca | |
| Coordinates: 40°30′7″N 5°31′28″W / 40.50194°N 5.52444°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Salamanca |
| Comarca | Comarca de Guijuelo |
| Subcomarca | Alto Tormes |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Victorino Delgado Hernández (People's Party) |
| Area | |
• Total | 34 km2 (13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 949 m (3,114 ft) |
| Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 227 |
| • Density | 6.7/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 37748 |
Puente del Congosto is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. As of 2016 the municipality has a population of 236 inhabitants.[3]
The name Puente del Congosto (Bridge of the Congosto) is apocopic from Puente del Arco Angosto (Bridge of the Narrow Arch). It references the bridge over the river Tormes on the road between Ávila and Ciudad Rodrigo. The bridge had a memorable narrow arch, from which only a side wall exists in the present days.
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The ruins of the medieval bridge which gave the place its name -
The medieval castle -
Our Lady of the Assumption Church
- ^ a b "Municipio:Puente del Congosto". www.lasalina.es. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Salamanca: Población por municipios y sexo". www.ine.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-06.