Ghost Villages: La España Vacía

While Spain’s urban centres become ever more crowded, its villages are quickly emptying. Some have no residents left.

Mislata, Valencia, with more than 21,500 people per km2, is the most densely populated urban area on the continent. But there is a dramatic divide between the towns and the country. Despite places like Mislata, Spain is one of the lowest-density countries in Europe. There are large areas of Spain which are emptier than Lapland, in the north of Finland. Drive for an hour away from…