Beas de Granada

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Municipality of Beas de Granada
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Coat of arms of Beas de Granada
Beas de Granada (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Granada
Comarca : Vega de Granada
Coordinates 37 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 13 ′  N , 3 ° 36 ′  W
Area : 23.2 km²
Residents : 977 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 42.11 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 18184
Municipality number  ( INE ): 18024
Panorama, Beas de Granada (2009)
Location of Beas de Granada in the province of Granada .

Beas de Granada is a municipality in the province of Granada , Andalusia , in the east of Vega de Granada . The neighboring municipalities are Huétor Santillán, Quéntar , Dúdar and Granada . The place is located at an altitude of 1017 meters in the Sierra de Beas, within the Sierra de Huétor nature reserve ; the inhabitants are called "Beatos". The distance to Granada is around 20 km. The river Beas, a rather short tributary of the Darro, runs through the village .

Beas was originally a supply and control point along the Roman road to Guadix ; During the reign of the Moors , a fortress was built here, but it no longer exists. After the second Moors uprising , most of the families living here were expelled and replaced by new settlers from northern Spain.

There are various hiking opportunities around Beas as well as a well-known rock formation, "El Fraile", which looks like a monk when viewed from a certain angle; According to local belief, it should point to a fabulous Moorish treasure.

Web links

Commons : Beas de Granada  - 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).
  2. ↑ Ayuntamiento de Beas de Granada - Historia de la ciudad. In: www.beasdegranada.es. Retrieved January 3, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Beas de Granada, Sierra de Huetor Santillan natural park Granada province Andalucia, Southern Spain. In: www.andalucia.com. Retrieved January 3, 2017 (UK English).