Editing Province of Ávila (section)

==History==
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The first recorded inhabitants of Ávila were the [[Celts]], who left behind a number of large stone statues of bulls called Verracos, with the largest number of surviving examples in Ávila. The area of the province was conquered by the Romans around 192 B.C. After the Roman Empire fell, the area became part of the Visigothic Kingdom, and it is from this period we have many of the earliest records of the towns of Ávila.

The population of the territory comprising the current-day province of Ávila greatly decreased since the late 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, taking over nearly two centuries to recover the late 16th century population.{{Sfn|Llopis Agellán|Cuervo Fuente|2004|p=39}}

{{Historical populations
|1528|105270
|1591|143165
|1752|102707
|1787|118318
|1860|168365
|source={{Harvnb|Llopis Agellán|Cuervo Fuente|2004|p=52}}
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