Cheles

Cheles parish
Cheles
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Badajoz
Comarca :	Llanos de Olivenza
Coordinates	38 ° 31 ′  N , 7 ° 17 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 31 ′  N , 7 ° 17 ′  W
Height :	197  msnm
Area :	47.94 km²
Residents :	1,176 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	24.53 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	06105
Municipality number  ( INE ):	06042
administration
Mayor :	Antonio Sierra Serrano ( Partido Popular de Extremadura ) (2015-)
Website :	www.cheles.es

Cheles is a Spanish municipality in the province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura . In 2016, the municipality had 1,227 inhabitants on an area of ​​47.9 km².

location

The municipality is located about 26 km southwest of Olivenza , 50 km from the provincial capital Badajoz , 17 km west of Alconchel and 18 km northwest of Villanueva del Fresno at a short distance from the left bank of the Guadiana , through the Alqueva dam over a large area to an approximately 250 km² Reservoir is dammed and which forms the border between Spain and Portugal from the confluence of the Río Gévora to the mouth of the Arroyo de Cúncos .

Development of the population

Attractions

• Ruinous castle Palacio Señorial de los Condes de Via-Manuel
• Parish church of La Purísima Concepción with a confusing architectural history
• Ermita del Santo Cristo de la Paz

Web links

Commons : Cheles  - 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).