Mora, Spain

Mora is a town and municipality in Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The area is most famous for the abandoned ruins of the San Marcos de Yegros monastery of the Order of Santiago,^[2] located northeast of the town of Mora about 10 km on the Calle de los Dolores in the village of Paraje de Yegros.

Mora, Spain
Flag Coat of arms
Locator map for Mora Municipality in Spain
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile-La Mancha
Province	Toledo
Municipality	Mora
Government
• Mayor (Alcalde)	Emilio Bravo Peña (2011)
Area
• Total	169.6 km2 (65.5 sq mi)
Elevation	717 m (2,352 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	9,737
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	http://www.mora.es

Name

The term "Mora" possibly derives from the Latin morum meaning moral.^[3] However, Galmés de Fuentes has proposed an earlier origin, indicating that the pre-Roman root mor means "heap of stones" or cairn.^[4]

Geography

This town is situated in the Montes de Toledo. It belongs to the region of La Mancha, and borders the municipalities of Villamuelas and Huerta de Valdecarabanos at north, Villanueva de Bogas and Tembleque at east, Turleque, Los Yebenes and Consuegra at south, Orgaz and Manzaneque at west and Mascaraque at northwest.

Administration

Term	Mayor	Politic Party
1979-1983	Valentín Bravo Martín	UCD
1983-1987	Valentín Bravo Martín	Independent
1987-1991	Leocadio Martín Nuñez	PSOE
1991-1995	Valentín Bravo Martín	PP
1995-1999	Leocadio Martín Nuñez	PSOE
1999-2003	Leocadio Martín Nuñez	PSOE
2003-2007	Leocadio Martín Nuñez	PSOE
2007-2011	Jose Manuel Villarrubia De La Rosa	PSOE
2011-	Emilio Bravo	PP

Demography

Demographic Trends

1996	1998	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2010
9.312	9.339	9.371	9.519	9.587	9.722	9.814	9.994	10.072	10.516

References

1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
2. Madoz, Pascual () "Mascaraque" (1848) Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de ultramar volume 11, Madrid, page 281 OCLC 17224233
3. García Sánchez, Jairo Javier (2004) Toponimia mayor de la provincia de Toledo (zonas central y oriental) Instituto provincial de investigaciones y estudios toledanos, Toledo, Spain, page 241, ISBN 84-95432-05-6
4. Galmés de Fuentes, Álvaro (1996) Toponimia: mito e historia: discurso leído el día 15 de diciembre de 1996 en su recepción pública Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid, Spain, pages 14–15, OCLC 644629736

External links

• "Mora (Provincia de Toledo - Castilla-La Mancha)" map and photographs from Panageos

39.684°N 3.777°W / 39.684; -3.777