A demographic shift has left the Spanish countryside with hundreds of ghost villages, telling tales of people like Gustavo Iglesias. ANGEL NAVARRETE/BLOOMBERG Pepe Rodil, a manager at an estate sales agency, walks in front of Teixois hamlet in the Asturias region of Spain. There are about 1500 abandoned hamlets in Spain, said Elvira Fafian, the founder of Aldeas Abandonadas. While urbanisation is emptying rural areas across large swathes of Europe, the trend is dramatic in Spain. A new political party called Partido Eñe has emerged, championing rural Spain and pushing for policies to combat depopulation.

Source: Stuff March 31, 2019 04:07 UTC