Malpartida de Cáceres

Malpartida de Cáceres municipality
View of Malpartida from 'La Fuente Santa' Cáceres, Extremadura
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Cáceres
Comarca :	Llanos de Cáceres
Coordinates	39 ° 27 ′  N , 6 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 27 ′  N , 6 ° 30 ′  W
Height :	371  msnm
Area :	32 km²
Residents :	4,122 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	128.81 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	10910
Municipality number  ( INE ):	10115
administration
Mayor :	Alfredo Aguilera Alcántara ( PP-EU )
Website :	www.malpartidadecaceres.es

Malpartida de Cáceres is a municipality with 4122 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in Extremadura , Spain . The place is about ten kilometers west of Cáceres in the province of the same name .

The municipality includes the 319 hectare Los Barruecos nature reserve , in which, as in other areas of the 32 km² district, u. a. the white stork (Ciconia ciconia, span: Cigüeña) overwinters. In 1997, the European Natural Heritage Foundation recognized the small town as a European stork village for protective measures . Los Barruecos also has a large number of relics from the Neolithic .

There are two museums of contemporary art in the village: The Museo Vostell Malpartida was founded in 1976 by the German artist Wolf Vostell and the Spanish author Mercedes Vostell . It is located three kilometers from the city center and contains works by the artist as well as other Fluxus artists (e.g. Yoko Ono , Nam June Paik , Ben Vautier , Benjamin Patterson ). The Museu Narbón , a gallery with works by the Spanish painter Juan José Narbón, is located in the center of the village.

Sons and daughters

• Francisco Cerro Chaves (* 1957), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toledo

Web links

Commons : Malpartida de Cáceres  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Ayuntamiento de Malpartida de Cáceres (Spanish)
• Site of the Vostell Museum with a map of the city (Spanish)
• Neolithic relics in the Los Barruecos nature reserve (Spanish)

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. ↑ Museo Vostell Marpartida. Historia. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .