Nigüelas
Nigüelas municipality | ||
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | |
Province : | Granada | |
Coordinates | 36 ° 59 ′ N , 3 ° 32 ′ W | |
Height : | 926 msnm | |
Area : | 31.05 km² | |
Residents : | 1,173 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 37.78 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 18657 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 18143 | |
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Website : | www.niguelas.org | |
Location of the municipality | ||
Nigüelas (pronounced: Nigu-elas ) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Granada in the autonomous community of Andalusia . It belongs to the Valle de Lecrín region and is about 23 km southeast of Granada . The place is located on a plateau that slopes steeply to the Rio Lecrin .
politics
The results of the municipal elections of May 2011 were:
Political party | be right | % valid | Council members |
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Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE) | 530 | 67.09% | 6th |
Partido Popular (PP) | 239 | 30.25% | 3 |
Sightseeing and tourism
Above the village is the Falla de Nigüelas , a tectonic rupture that is classified as " Monumento Natural ".
The place is the starting point of various hiking trails, in particular it is crossed by the long-distance hiking trail GR-7 , but is also used as a starting point for hikes and mountain bike tours in the Sierra Nevada .
Culture
In September there is a fair in honor of Our Lady of Sorrows with processions and horse-drawn parades, the night after the traditional “burial of the vixen” is celebrated with dances and music.
On April 25th, a festival in honor of St. Mark will take place above the town on the fairground "La Razuela" , during which the young people of the town camped on the fairground.
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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).