El Mirón
El Mirón | |
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El Mirón Location in Spain. El Mirón El Mirón (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 40°31′55″N 5°24′19″W / 40.531944444444°N 5.4052777777778°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Ávila |
| Municipality | El Mirón |
| Area | |
• Total | 31.08 km2 (12.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,265 m (4,150 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 93 |
| • Density | 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
El Mirón is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain.
The name came into attention upon the discovery an Upper Paleolithic (Magdalenian) skeleton in 2015 from the El Mirón Cave. The skeleton was that of a woman and is coated with ochre (a red pigment), hence she is nicknamed The Red Lady of El Mirón.[2] The woman is about 35 to 40 years of age, and was buried around 18,700 years ago.[3][4]
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 2023 | 98 | — |
| 2024 | 98 | +0.00% |
| 2025 | 93 | −5.10% |
| Source: INE[5] | ||
References
- ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ^ Straus, Lawrence G.; González Morales, Manuel R.; Carretero, Jose Miguel; Marín-Arroyo, Ana Belen (2015). ""The Red Lady of El Mirón". Lower Magdalenian life and death in Oldest Dryas Cantabrian Spain: an overview". Journal of Archaeological Science. 60 (1): 134–137. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.034.
- ^ González Morales, Manuel R.; Straus, Lawrence G. (2015). "Magdalenian-age graphic activity associated with the El Mirón Cave human burial". Journal of Archaeological Science. 60 (1): 125–133. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2015.02.025.
- ^ Weiss, Daniel (11 August 2015). "The Red Lady of El Mirón". Archaeology. Archaeological Institute of America. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ [1], INE