Albacete

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Albacete
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Albacete coat of arms
Albacete (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile-La Mancha
Province : Albacete
Comarca : Llanos de Albacete
Coordinates 39 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ′  N , 1 ° 51 ′  W
Height : 686  msnm
Area : 1,125.91 km²
Residents : 173,329 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 153.95 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : E-02001 - E-02007
Municipality number  ( INE ): 02003
Nearest airport : Los Llanos
administration
Mayor : Manuel Serrano ( PP ) (since 2017)
Website : www.albacete.es
Location of the city
Albacete municipio.svg
Marques de Molins in Albacete

Albacete is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name, Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha . It is located about 200 km southeast of Madrid in the La Mancha plains. It is best known for the manufacture of knives and the Circuito de Albacete , a race track on which a motorcycle long-distance race takes place every year. The city is the bishopric for the diocese of Albacete and the location of the University of Castile-La Mancha . The Albacete province license plate number used until 2001 was AB .

location

The city is located in southeastern Spain and the Mancha, west of the coastal mountains. To the northeast lie Utiel and Requena , to the east Almansa and Onteniente , southeast to Yecla and Villena , to the south of Hellín , to the west of Valdepeñas and to the northwest towards the Alcázar de San Juan the village of La Roda . The port cities closest to the coast are roughly southeast of Valencia , Alicante and Cartagena .

economy

The enormous demand in Spain for solar modules led to the creation of a production facility in Albacete in 2005, which is operated by the local company "Gruposolar".

In addition, a Eurocopter plant has been located on the edge of Albacete Airport since 2007 . Today's Airbus Helicopters took over the fuselage and final production of the Eurocopter Tiger , NH90 and EC 135 for Spanish customers.

Development of the population since industrialization 1900:

Source: INE

Sports

Albacete is the home of the Spanish soccer team Albacete Balompié , which played in the Primera División in the 2004/05 season but was then relegated.

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

Web links

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

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).