Cervera de Buitrago

Cervera de Buitrago
Municipal location within the Community of Madrid.
Country Spain
Autonomous communityCommunity of Madrid
Area
 • Total
4.64 sq mi (12.02 km2)
Elevation
3,005 ft (916 m)
Population
 (2024-01-01)[1]
 • Total
161
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Cervera de Buitrago is a municipality of the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Sierra Norte.

Local curiosities

The village has been occasionally mentioned in journalism and literature devoted to curiosities for a reported high frequency of polydactyly among its inhabitants, whereby six or seven fingers are found per hand or foot. Fantastical literature also mentions UFO activity in the area.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2024). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2024".
  2. ^ "El ovni que aterrizó en Cervera y por qué sus habitantes tenían siete dedos". abc (in Spanish). 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  3. ^ Zohar StarGate Ancient Discoveries, The Strangest Ancient Anomaly That Has Never Been Fully Explained By ANY Historian, retrieved 2019-02-04

40°55′N 3°32′W / 40.917°N 3.533°W / 40.917; -3.533