Abanilla

Abanilla municipality
Abanilla - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Murcia
Comarca :	Comarca Oriental
Coordinates	38 ° 12 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 12 ′  N , 1 ° 2 ′  W
Height :	215  msnm
Area :	235.62 km²
Residents :	6,127 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	26 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	30640
Municipality number  ( INE ):	30001
administration
Website :	Abanilla

Abanilla is a municipality ( municipio ) with 6,127 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of Murcia, consisting of the main town, four larger villages (aldeas) , several hamlets (pedanías) and a few individual farms (fincas) .

location

The city of Abanilla is located on the mostly dry Río Chícamo a good 30 km (driving distance) northeast of the city of Murcia at an altitude of approx. 215  m ; the highest point in the municipality is around 900  m . The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 325 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	4,324	6,634	8,620	6.106	6.158

The population decline in the 1950s is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The rather dry region around Abanilla was hardly populated for centuries; probably brought only from the Maghreb originating Moors almond and olive trees and irrigation techniques with. Since the last decades of the 20th century, greenhouse crops for vegetables and flowers have been of particular importance. Small traders, craftsmen and service companies of all kinds have settled in the village.

history

Prehistoric, Iberian , Roman and Visigoth finds are rare. In the years 711-756 the area around Lorca belonged to the largely independent kingdom of Todmir , which only went up in 756 in Al-Andalus . In the 9th or 10th century a castle (hisn) was built ; the current place name Abanilla is traced back to the Arabic Al-Banyla . As part of the Christian reconquest ( reconquista ) , the Castilians came under Alfonso IX. (ruled 1188–1230) to Murcia. The Taifa Kingdom of Murcia, which has been virtually independent since the end of the Caliphate of Córdoba (1031) , was then converted into a Christian kingdom , which was, however, closely linked to the Crown of Castile , but came under Aragonese rule from 1296 to 1304 . However, the conflict continued and so in 1462 Henry IV of Castile commissioned the Calatrava Order of Knights with the protection and administration of the region. After that of Philip III. (ruled 1598–1621) and his first minister, the Duke of Lerma , ordered the expulsion of the last Moors ( moriscos ) at the beginning of the 17th century, the population of the region declined significantly.

Attractions

Cristo de Corazón

• Abanilla and most of the larger villages of the area since the 18th century have their own churches or Ermitas .
• The Iglesia de San José of Abanilla was founded by the Calatrava order and consecrated in 1712. The crossing of the single-nave church is covered by a dome ; In the apse there is a late Baroque altarpiece (retablo) in the style of Churriguerism which is well worth seeing .
• A large statue of Christ near the village of Barinas comes from the Franco period (1958) .

Web links

Commons : Abanilla  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Abanilla, tourism site - photos + brief information (Spanish)
• Abanilla - photos + various information (spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Abanilla - statistical data
3. ↑ Abanilla - climate tables
4. ↑ Abanilla - population development
5. ↑ Abanilla - History
6. ↑ Abanilla - Iglesia