La Albuera (Extremadura)

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La Albuera municipality
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La Albuera (Extremadura) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : ExtremaduraExtremadura Extremadura
Province : Badajoz
Comarca : Tierra de Badajoz
Coordinates 38 ° 43 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 43 ′  N , 6 ° 49 ′  W
Height : 253  msnm
Area : 26.37 km²
Residents : 2,028 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 76.91 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 06170
Municipality number  ( INE ): 06005
administration
Mayor : Manuel Antonio Díaz González ( PSOE )
Website : www.laalbuera.es

La Albuera is a village in the Spanish province of Badajoz .

geography

La Albuera is located south of the city of Badajoz near the border with Portugal. In 2019 the place had 2028 inhabitants.

history

The place became famous through the battle of La Albuera . There the combined English, Spanish and Portuguese were victorious under William Beresford on 16 May 1811 the French under Jean-de-Dieu Soult , the Badajoz shocking wanted.

View of the place

Web links

Commons : La Albuera  - 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).