Villanueva de los Infantes (La Mancha)

Municipality of Villanueva de los Infantes
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Ciudad Real
Coordinates	38 ° 44 ′  N , 3 ° 1 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 44 ′  N , 3 ° 1 ′  W
Area :	135.06 km²
Residents :	4,935 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	36.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	13320
Municipality number  ( INE ):	13093

Plaza Mayor (main square) with the San Andrés Church

Villanueva de los Infantes in the southeast of the historic La Mancha landscape in the Castilla-La Mancha region is one of three places with this name in Spain .

geography

Villanueva de los Infantes is located in the province of Ciudad Real , 35 km east of Valdepeñas on the Campo de Montiel plateau and between the upper reaches of the Rio Jabalón in the south and the Rio Azuer in the north. The Rio Guadiana rises almost exactly as the crow flies 40 km east . About 25 km south of the village, the Sierra Morena merges into the Sierra de Alcaraz .

population

The small country town is subject to rural exodus and today still has 4935 inhabitants (as of 2019).

year	Residents
1900	8,095
1950	10,386
1981	6.015
2015	5,373

history

Villanueva de los Infantes emerged from the La Moraleja settlement, which was initially administered from the mountain village of Moniel . In the 14th century, La Moraleja grew due to the influx of the neighboring villages of Jamila and Peñaflor. The Infant Santiago de Aragon raised it to an independent community in 1421. that is how it got its current name.

See also

• List of municipalities in the province of Ciudad Real

Web links

• The city's culture and tourism page - in Spanish

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).