Nerpio

Nerpio municipality
	View of the place (2006)
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Albacete
Comarca :	Campos de Hellín
Coordinates	38 ° 10 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ W Coordinates: 38 ° 10 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ W
Height :	1080 msnm
Area :	435.78 km²
Residents :	1,191 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.73 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	02530
Municipality number ( INE ):	02055
administration
Mayor :	José A. Gómez Moreno (PSOE, 2015)
Website :	ayuntamientonerpio.es

Nerpio is a Spanish municipality (municipio). In 2017 it had 1,277 inhabitants on an area of 435.78 km².

Location in the province of Albacete

Nerpio is located in the extreme southwest of the province of Albacete in the Sierra del Segura on the upper reaches of the Taibilla . The nearest town is Moratalla in the province of Murcia , 43 km away . The place is the southernmost municipality of Katilien-La Mancha. The districts of Beg, Bojadillas, Cañadas (Las Cañás), Los Chorretites de Abajo, Cortijo del Herrero, Cortijo Nuevo, Fuente la Carrasca, La Molata, Pedro Andrés and Yetas de Abajo belong to the municipality.

Population development
1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	1996	2001	2011	2013	2015	2017
4,420	4,573	5.012	4,930	5,631	5,538	4,997	3,971	2,829	1,972	1.928	1,728	1,512	1,434	1,362	1,277

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).

Attractions

Calle del Arco

The Cuevas de Nerpio caves .

[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).