La Puebla de Cazalla

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La Puebla de Cazalla municipality
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Coat of arms of La Puebla de Cazalla
La Puebla de Cazalla (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Seville
Comarca : Campiña de Morón y Marchena
Coordinates 37 ° 13 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 13 ′  N , 5 ° 19 ′  W
Height : 177  msnm
Area : 189.81 km²
Residents : 10,979 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 57.84 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 41540
Municipality number  ( INE ): 41077
Nearest airport : Seville
administration
Official language : Castilian
Mayor : Antonio Martín Melero (Izquierda Unida Los Verdes - Convocatoria por Andalucía)
Website : www.pueblacazalla.org/ayto/index.php
The Río Corbones in La Puebla de Cazalla

La Puebla de Cazalla is a Spanish municipality in the province of Seville in Andalusia .

Geographical location

The place is 60 kilometers east of Seville. The Río Corbones flows through the town and is dammed in the Embalse Puebla de Cazalla reservoir southeast of the town center .

Neighboring towns are Marchena in the north, Osuna in the east, Villanueva de San Juan in the southeast, Pruna in the south and Morón de la Frontera in the west .

The town is connected to the cities of Seville and Málaga via the A92 motorway .

History

The name Cazalla is related to the Spanish word Castillo , castle. To the south of the village there is actually a ruined castle, the Castillo de Luna . The place could not simply be called Cazalla, because of the similarity with the place Cazalla de la Sierra, which is also in the province of Seville .

The inhabitants of La Puebla de Cazalla are called Moriscos because the Dukes of Osuna refused to obey the will of the Catholic Kings and expel the Moriscos . For the same reason, the family name Moreno is very common in Ort.

population

Population development according to INE

Festivals

Semana Santa (Holy Week)

The Semana Santa is one of the most important cultural and religious events in La Puebla de Cazalla. It is not known when this tradition began locally. However, there are documents that the Hermandad del Santissimo Cristo held a procession on Maundy Thursday since 1591 . A number of other religious brotherhoods hold processions on Palm Sunday, Holy Week Tuesday, Thursday and Good Friday.

Feria (fair)

The La Puebla de Cazalla fair takes place every year in the second week of September on Paseo Francisco Bohórquez .

More festivals

Personalities

Attractions

Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes Church
  • The Fuenlonguilla with its Arabic fountain
  • Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de las Virtudes , 16th century.
  • Ermita de San José chapel , early 18th century.
  • Convento de la Candelaria, 16th century.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art José María Moreno Galván.
  • Municipal Archaeological Museum.
  • Castle ruins Castillo de Luna , built in the 8th century as part of the Islamic conquest .

References and comments

  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. Joaquín Pascual Barea: Toponima y hablas locales . In: Universidad de Cádiz (ed.): Jornadas de Historia y Patrimonio de la provincia de Sevilla . tape VII . Cádiz 2013, p. 60 (Spanish, uca.es [PDF; accessed on May 11, 2019]).
  3. Fernando Carrasco: ¿Cuáles son los gentilicios más raros de los pueblos de Seville? In: ABC . Seville January 13, 2015 ( abc.es [accessed May 11, 2019]).
  4. Brotherhood of the Most Holy Christ

Web links

Commons : La Puebla de Cazalla  - Collection of images, videos and audio files