Growth continued slowly again under Franco, but Ávila has not had a major influence in Spanish society in recent history, apart from the nurturing of politicians such as Adolfo Suárez, the first democratically elected prime minister Spanish post-Franco, and José María Aznar, prime minister from 1996 to 2004, who represented Ávila in the Cortes but was not from the town.
O crecemento continuou lentamente de novo baixo Franco, pero Ávila non tivo unha grande influencia na sociedade española da historia recente, agás do inicio da carreira política de Adolfo Suárez, o primeiro primeiro ministro español pos franquista elixido democraticamente, e José María Aznar, primeiro ministro entre 1996 e 2004, que representou a Ávila nas Cortes, pero que non era da cidade.