Nigüelas

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nigüelas municipality
RK1502 P1020198 Niguelas.jpg
coat of arms Map of Spain
Coat of arms is missing
Help on coat of arms
Nigüelas (Spain)
Finland road sign 311 (1994-2020) .svg
Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Granada
Coordinates 36 ° 59 ′  N , 3 ° 32 ′  W 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
administration
Website : www.niguelas.org
Location of the municipality
LocationNigüelas.png

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:

Elecciones Municipales - Nigüelas (2011)
Political party be right % valid Council members
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.

  • Falla de Nigüelas natural monument

  • Local government (Ayuntamiento)

  • Parish Church of San Juan Bautista

Web links

Commons : Nigüelas  - 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).