From 39 residents in 1910 to zero by 1981

From 39 residents in 1910 to zero by 1981

Photo: HansenBCN / Wikimedia Commons , Public domain , resized

In 1910, this spot in Soria had thirty-nine residents and twenty-five buildings. Today, it is a deshabitado.

The village of San Asenjo is an uninhabited locality in the province of Soria. According to the census of 1910, it was a functional locality with thirty-nine inhabitants and twenty-five standing buildings.

By 1981, the population of the village had dropped to zero. The structures that once housed those families are now part of the ruins of the area.

Today, San Asenjo belongs to the municipality of Espeja de San Marcelino. It remains a deshabitado, an uninhabited area in the Soria province.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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