Olvera

Olvera municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Cadiz
Comarca :	Sierra de Cadiz
Coordinates	36 ° 56 ′ N , 5 ° 16 ′ W Coordinates: 36 ° 56 ′ N , 5 ° 16 ′ W
Height :	643 msnm
Area :	193.57 km²
Residents :	8,113 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	41.91 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	11690
Municipality number ( INE ):	11024
administration
Website :	www.olvera.es
Location of the municipality

Olvera is a municipality in the province of Cadiz in Andalusia ( southern Spain ), located on the Ruta de los Pueblos Blancos ( Road of the White Villages ).

Olvera

On the highest elevation in the middle of the village there is a parish church , which was built on the remains of a Moorish mosque , and a ruined castle . Both are surrounded exclusively by low rows of white houses that give the village its character.

The landscape around Olvera is dominated by agriculture, mainly olive groves and cornfields.

During the Middle Ages, Olvera was a stop on the smugglers' route from Ronda to Morón de la Frontera .

Web links

Commons : Olvera - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).

View of Olvera

[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).