 A century later, the village suffered the effects of the great earthquake of Andalusia, and the cholera epidemic of phylloxera which produced the total ruin of the vineyards.During the first half of the twentieth century it increased its population, culminating in 1960 with 587 inhabitants, who cultivated the paratas neatly and accessible terraces by riding mule or on foot.Saleres was an independent local government until 1972, when it merged with Restábal and Melegís in one municipality called The Valley.