Fontiveros

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Fontiveros

| settlement_type = Municipality and Town

| nickname =

| image_flag =

| image_shield = Escudo de Fontiveros (Ávila).svg

| image_skyline = Fontiveros fuente 01.jpg

| pushpin_map = Spain Castile and León#Spain

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain.

| coordinates = {{WikidataCoord|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{ESP}}

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Castile and León}}

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Province of Ávila|name=Ávila}}

| subdivision_type3 = Comarca

| subdivision_name3 = La Moraña

| subdivision_type4 = Municipality

| subdivision_name4 = Fontiveros

| leader_title = Alcalde
(Mayor)

| leader_name = Luciano Arroyo Martín |leader_party = PSOE

| area_magnitude =

| area_total_km2 = 36.42

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| elevation_m = 888

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| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = CET

| utc_offset = +1

| timezone_DST = CEST

| utc_offset_DST = +2

| website = {{official website}}

| footnotes =

}}

Fontiveros is a municipality in Spain in the Ávila province, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It comprises an area of approximately 2 square kilometers and according to the 2011 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 173 inhabitants.

It is famous for being the birthplace of Saint John of the Cross.

File:Iglesia de San Cipriano (Fontiveros).JPG

File:Monumento a San Juan de la Cruz en Fontiveros.JPG

References

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  • {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080424123711/http://www.pueblos-espana.org/castilla+y+leon/avila/fontiveros/ Community website]

{{Municipalities in Ávila}}

{{John of the Cross}}

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Category:Municipalities in the Province of Ávila

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