Nogales (Badajoz)

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Nogales parish
Castle (castillo) of Nogales
Castle (castillo) of Nogales
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Nogales Coat of Arms
Nogales (Badajoz) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Extremadura
Province : Badajoz
Comarca : Llanos de Olivenza
Coordinates 38 ° 36 ′  N , 6 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 36 ′  N , 6 ° 45 ′  W
Height : 372  msnm
Area : 80.66 km²
Residents : 652 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 8.08 inhabitants / km²
Founding: 1340
Postal code : 06173
Municipality number  ( INE ): 06092
administration
Mayor : Carmen Franco Vega ( PSOE ) (2015-)
Website : www.nogales.es

Nogales is a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) in the province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura . In 2016, the municipality had 699 inhabitants on an area of ​​80.66 km².

location

The municipality is located west of the Tierra de los Barros landscape around 46 km southeast of the provincial capital Badajoz and 68 km southwest of Mérida in the province of Badajoz at the foot of the Sierra María Andrés .

Development of the population

Attractions

  • The castle Castillo de Nogales , a well-preserved castle of the Castillos torrejones type , in which the large square main tower is in the center of the also square complex with four round corner towers.
  • Parish Church of San Cristóbal

Web links

Commons : Nogales  - 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).
  2. See Heribert J. Leonardy / Hendrik Kersten: Castles in Spain. A trip to the Spanish Middle Ages. Darmstadt 2002: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, p. 111, without ISBN