ADOR, Spain, July 16 (UPI) -- A Spanish mayor has become the first in the country to issue a proclamation creating an official afternoon nap time for the entire city. 
 
 Mayor Joan Faus Vitoria of Ador in Valencia declared 2 to 5 p.m. as the official time for the city's residents to take their afternoon siestas. 
 
 The edict asks residents to keep quiet during the siesta hours and the mayor recommended children be kept inside to prevent noise from traveling into open windows. 
 
 The mayor said the nap time was chosen due to the high afternoon heat making 2 to 5 p.m. the ideal time to take a break from working in fields. 
 
 Vitoria said there will be no penalties for violations, and the edict should be treated as "merely a suggestion" rather than an "obligation." 
 
 A study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism in February espoused the health benefits of an afternoon siesta. 
 
 "Our data suggests a 30-minute nap can reverse the hormonal impact of a night of poor sleep," said study author Brice Faraut of the Universite Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cite in France. "This is the first study that found napping could restore biomarkers of neuroendocrine and immune health to normal levels." ||||| Between the hours of 2pm and 5pm you will struggle to find anyone in the Valencian town of Ador; the town's inhabitants will have taken to their beds to catch their mandatory forty winks. 
 
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 The town’s summer siesta tradition is so deep-rooted the mayor has enshrined his citizen’s right to an afternoon snooze in law. 
 
 "Everything closes between 2pm and 5pm," a town hall spokesman told The Local. "Bars, shops, the swimming pool, everything." 
 
 It is well-known that taking an afternoon siesta is good for you and it was even scientifically proven in early 2015. 
 
 But Ador could be the first town in Spain to actually make taking a siesta obligatory by law. 
 
 Mayor of Ador, Joan Faus Vitòria, has ordered that that town’s inhabitants stay quiet between 2pm and 5pm. 
 
 The new rules also stipulate that children should remain indoors: 
 
 "Children should stay indoors between 2pm and 5pm so that they do not go outside and play with balls and disturb older people," the town hall spokesman told The Local. 
 
 There is a long tradition of taking an afternoon siesta in Ador, stemming from the town's agricultural history: 
 
 "Many people here work in the countryside, so it’s very usual to take a long lunch break and have a siesta after eating." 
 
 The people of Ador have proudly carried on the practice, cementing the summer tradition into a town custom that they hope to preserve for generations of future nappers.
– If you're planning to visit the town of Ador, Spain, timing is everything. Get there between the hours of 2 and 5pm, and you'll find nothing open and nobody to chat with—they'll likely be snoozing by decree of the mayor. Joan Faus Vitòria has declared the daily siesta to be an official part of the town's day, which seems to be a first-of-its-kind decision in Spain, reports the Local. "Everything closes between 2pm and 5pm," says a spokesman. "Bars, shops, the swimming pool, everything." The mayor even told children to remain indoors during the napping hours so they don't disturb their slumbering elders. So what's the price for disobeying? Nothing, as it turns out, reports UPI. The siesta won't be enforced by actual penalties, says the mayor. But peer pressure might count: The town has an agricultural history, and siestas have long been a traditional way to escape the midday heat of the fields. "Many people here work in the countryside, so it’s very usual to take a long lunch break and have a siesta after eating," says the spokesman. Both stories note studies showing that an afternoon nap can do wonders for a person's health. (It might even help your memory.)