Velez-Rubio

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Municipality of Vélez-Rubio
Vélez-Rubio - main square with Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Vélez-Rubio - main square with Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
coat of arms Map of Spain
Coat of arms of Vélez-Rubio
Vélez-Rubio (Spain)
Finland road sign 311 (1994-2020) .svg
Basic data
Autonomous Community : AndalusiaAndalusia Andalusia
Province : Almeria
Comarca : Los Vélez
Coordinates 37 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 39 ′  N , 2 ° 5 ′  W
Height : 840  msnm
Area : 281.96 km²
Residents : 6,555 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 23.25 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 04820
Municipality number  ( INE ): 04099
administration
Website : Velez-Rubio

Vélez-Rubio is a small town in southern Spain with 6,555 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northeast of the province of Almería in the autonomous region of Andalusia .

location

Vélez-Rubio is about 170 km northeast of the provincial capital Almería and about 117 km southwest of Murcia on the Autovía de Andalucia (A91 / A92) at an altitude of about 840 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is temperate, in summer it is warm to hot; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 410 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2016
Residents 11,438 10,109 10,054 6,519 6,692

The significant population decline in the second half of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

Vélez-Rubio is in the rural area of ​​the province of Almería; mainly grain, almonds and olives are grown. Livestock breeding also plays a not insignificant role. Small traders, craftsmen and service companies of all kinds have settled in the village

history

Small Neolithic and Bronze Age finds were made in the municipality . In Roman times the road from Cartago ( Cartagena ) to Castulo (near Linares ) ran along here. Two parts of a possibly Visigothic column shaft (?) Were found a few years ago during earthworks. The place name Velad al-Ahmar has been handed down from Islamic times ; he was on the walled castle hill (castellón) near the border with the Taifa kingdoms of Murcia and Granada. In 1488 it was recaptured ( reconquista ) by the troops of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón and handed over to the Duke of Alba , who, however, had to cede it to the newly created Marquisate of Vélez in 1507 . In the 16th century the settlement moved to its current location. The small town experienced its heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Altarpiece of the Iglesia de NS de la Encarnación

Attractions

  • From the fortress (castillo) of the place - apart from the keep (torre del homenaje) and a cistern (aljibe) not much remains.
  • The two-towered, mostly brick built Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación was built between 1573 and 1768; it and the square in front of it still form the center of the city. The middle part of the facade is made of hewn natural stone; The Spanish royal coat of arms with the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece is emblazoned above the portal . The three-aisled interior has a transept and a domed crossing on an octagonal drum . In the apse there is a remarkable, exceptionally not gilded baroque altarpiece .
  • The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Carmen was built between 1617 and 1628. Its exterior is rather simple, but inside there are several baroque altars.
  • The Museo Comarcal Velezano , housed in the former Hospital Real , presents numerous finds from all periods of the region, including the column shaft mentioned above.

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Vélez-Rubio  - 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. ↑ Vélez-Rubio - Map with altitude information
  3. ↑ Vélez-Rubio - Climate tables
  4. ^ Vélez-Rubio - Population development
  5. ↑ Vélez-Rubio - Economic data
  6. ↑ Vélez-Rubio - Column Shank
  7. ↑ Vélez-Rubio - History
  8. ↑ Vélez-Rubio - Castellón (video)
  9. ^ Vélez-Rubio - Iglesia de la Encarnación
  10. ^ Vélez-Rubio - Iglesia del Carmen
  11. ^ Vélez-Rubio Museum