El Padul
El Padul municipality | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | |
Province : | Granada | |
Coordinates | 37 ° 2 ′ N , 3 ° 38 ′ W | |
Height : | 744 msnm | |
Area : | 89 km² | |
Residents : | 8,420 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 94.61 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 18640 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 18150 | |
administration | ||
Website : | www.elpadul.es | |
Location of the municipality | ||
El Padul is a municipality in the province of Granada in Spain , 13 kilometers from Granada . Since the discovery of the remains of a mammoth in 2005, the city has also been called Villa del Mamut ('Mammoth Village').
location
El Padul lies at an altitude of 744 m on the edge of the mire of the El Padul valley and is surrounded by the towns of Alhendín , Otura , Dílar , Dúrcal , Villamena , Las Albuñuelas and Jayena .
history
The first record of the place name dates from the 14th century and is found as al-Badul in Ibn al-Ḫaṭīb. However, the toponym seems to go back to Roman times and is metathetically derived from the Latin word for swamp , palus , in the accusative paludem .
Attractions
- Bird sanctuary Laguna de El Padul with Ruta del Mamut , after the remains of a mammoth found there in 2005
- Casa Grande (16th century): The palace served as the setting for the film The Battle ( The Long Duel ) with Yul Brynner
- Santa María la Mayor Church (16th to 18th centuries)
- Chapel of Saint Sebastian (18th century)
- Source of the Five Pipes (Lavadero) (16th to 19th centuries)
- Roman Road: The remains of an ancient Roman road connecting the cities of Iliberis (Granada) and Sexi (Almuñécar), at Los Molinos
- Grinding marks can be found not only in Malta , but also in El Padul and Castellar de Meca.
Sons and daughters
- Edouard Martin (* 1963), French politician
Web links
Commons : El Padul - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).