La Calahorra

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La Calahorra
Municipality
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La Calahorra
Location of La Calahorra in Spain
Coordinates: 37°10′45″N3°03′44″W / 37.1791°N 3.0622°W / 37.1791; -3.0622
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
Province [Granada (Spanish province)
Area
  Total
39.45 km2 (15.23 sq mi)
Elevation
1,192 m (3,911 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total
661
  Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.lacalahorra.es
Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Anunciacion (1546) in the centre of La Calahorra La Calahorra mit Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de la Anunciacion, aus 1546 Architektur hispan. Mudejar-Stil Andalusien Spanien Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann P1110130.jpg
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación (1546) in the centre of La Calahorra
Castillo de La Calahorra and part of La Calahorra Castillo de la Calahorra01.jpg
Castillo de La Calahorra and part of La Calahorra

La Calahorra is a municipality, part of the Comarca de Guadix, located in the middle of the Province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2019 census, the town has a population of 673 inhabitants. [2]

Nearby, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is the Castillo de La Calahorra. Built between 1509 and 1512, it is one of the first Italian Renaissance castles outside Italy. [3]

The town aims to become a site of free-of-light pollution conservation [4] following the nearby Sierra de los Filabres and Sierra Nevada Starlight Foundation [5] certification project.

It is well known, as the setting of the final scenes in the 1974 David Essex film Stardust.

Central Termosolar Andasol, a 150-megawatt CSP plant, is located about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 miles) north of the town.

Panorama from the village of La Calahorra with historic building and the Church in the centre, in the background the 60 higher located Castillo de La Calahorra (Photo 2016) Panorama La Calahorra Ortschaft Kirche Castillo de La Calahorra nordlich span Sierra Nevada Andalusien Spanien Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann P1110090.jpg
Panorama from the village of La Calahorra with historic building and the Church in the centre, in the background the 60 higher located Castillo de La Calahorra (Photo 2016)

See also

References

  1. Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadística
  3. "Granada Province - La Calahorra". Andalucia.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  4. Astroturismo
  5. Starlight Foundation certification