during the construction of Stânca-Costești Dam Bunești Cucu, destroyed during the floods of 14 May 1970 Eteni, had the same fate as Cucu Ganaș Geamăna, flooded in 1978 by the Valea Șesii decant pond Gherdeal Giurcuța de Jos, flooded during the construction of Fântânele Dam Grabicina de Sus, moved in the second half of the 20th century due to landslides Incești Lindenfeld, depopulated since 1998, with the death of its last resident, Paul Schwirzenbeck Loțu Văgaș Spain Belchite, in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, is one of the most well-known ghost towns in Spain. Before the 1930s, Belchite was a growing city, with many services. As a consequence of the Battle of Belchite, during the Spanish Civil War, the city was totally destroyed. Instead of a reconstruction, Franco decided to keep the ruins of the old town of Belchite intact as a memorial of the battle. As of 1964, the town was totally deserted, the inhabitants having been removed to Belchite Nuevo, on the side of the old town. The ruins, which are not accommodated for tourism, are visited by more than 10,000 tourists annually. It is also a well-known meeting point for Francoist nostalgics, especially Falangists. Granadilla, Extremadura Aldealcardo, Soria La Cornudilla, Valencia Erillcastell, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia Esperan, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia Jánovas, Fiscal Lacort, Fiscal Llombai in the Vall de Gallinera, Alacant Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos, Castille and Leon Peranera, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia Pernui in Sort, Lleida, Catalonia Viuet, near El Pont de Suert, Catalonia Sweden Laver Såtenäs villa-city Messaure Harsprånget Tacketorp Old Grängesberg Folkesta in Eskilstuna Ukraine After the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, hundreds of settlements within the exclusion zone were evacuated. Some have remained abandoned ever since, including: Chernobyl Kopachi Opachychi Pripyat Poliske Tarasy Velyki Klishchi Yaniv United Kingdom Also see List of lost settlements in the United Kingdom England Birchinlee in Derbyshire was a village built by the Derwent Valley Water Board for the workers (and their families) who constructed the Derwent and Howden Dams between 1902 and 1916. Derwent in Derbyshire was demolished in the 1940s to make way for the Ladybower Reservoir. Cuddington was a hamlet in Surrey that was demolished in the sixteenth century so that Nonsuch Palace (itself later demolished) could be built. Dunwich, a once-thriving town on the Suffolk coast, began to decline in 1286 when a storm swept much