The village of Peleas de Abajo, in Zamora, is getting publicity after being revealed as the most indebted village in Spain.

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The local town hall has a debt of some five million €, which with the 241 inhabitants, works out at about 20,000 € for each resident.

International media are taking an interest in the story, from Latin America and the BBC in Europe.

The Mayor, Félix Roncero, from a group of independent voters, said that if the village was paid something every time is appeared in the media, then the debt in the public budgets would have been removed.

As it is cuts are being made, including the suppression of the Mayor’s wage, the cutting of the council’s mobile phones, and expenses paid to councillors for attending meetings and informative commissions. Local residents are also seeing their rubbish collection, and water rates going up, as the tax levied on the local cemetery. They also say there will be no band brought in to headline the village fiestas this year on July 16.

Most of the debt was created with the construction of a municipal pensioners’ home, where debts of 2.7 million € remain outstanding.