Alpujarra de la Sierra is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2007 census (INE), the city has a population of 1168 inhabitants.
Its council was formed from the centres of Mecina Bombarón, Yegen and Golco, together with the cortijada (hamlet/farmstead) of Montenegro, Spain.
The municipality lies on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the houses look out towards the mediterranean sea in the distance. Its terraced farmlands are watered by the melting snow from above, giving rise to a high-altitude oasis of greenery above the arid foothills below.
Alpujarra de La Sierra is one of over 50 villages in the area, which were the last stronghold of the Spanish Muslims, or Moors. Soon after the Castilians took Granada in 1492, all the region's Moors were forced to convert to Christianity. Those who refused took to the hills, settling in this remote, inaccessible area. Alpujarra de la Sierra retains its traditional Berber architecture and has many quaint white houses with flat clay roofs lining narrow streets.
Author Gerald Brenan, who wrote South from Granada, was a resident of Alpujarra de la Sierra. He rebuilt a ruined house (now marked with a plaque in his memory) and was visited by many of his friends of the famous Bloomsbury group. In his book, Brenan describes the everyday life of Yegen in the 1920s.
alpujarra, sierra, municipality, located, province, granada, spain, according, 2007, census, city, population, 1168, inhabitants, spainmunicipalityflagseallocation, countryspainprovincegranadamunicipalityarea, total69, elevation1, population, 2018, total978, d. Alpujarra de la Sierra is a municipality located in the province of Granada Spain According to the 2007 census INE the city has a population of 1168 inhabitants Alpujarra de la Sierra SpainmunicipalityFlagSealLocation of Alpujarra de la SierraCountrySpainProvinceGranadaMunicipalityAlpujarra de la SierraArea Total69 km2 27 sq mi Elevation1 110 m 3 640 ft Population 2018 1 Total978 Density14 km2 37 sq mi Time zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST History editIt was formed by the union in 1971 of Mecina Bombaron and Yegen and is situated in the central northern area of La Alpujarra Granada 108 km from the provincial capital in the south east of Spain It is bounded by the municipalities of Lanteira Valor Ugijar Cadiar and Berchules Its council was formed from the centres of Mecina Bombaron Yegen and Golco together with the cortijada hamlet farmstead of Montenegro Spain The municipality lies on the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains and the houses look out towards the mediterranean sea in the distance Its terraced farmlands are watered by the melting snow from above giving rise to a high altitude oasis of greenery above the arid foothills below Alpujarra de La Sierra is one of over 50 villages in the area which were the last stronghold of the Spanish Muslims or Moors Soon after the Castilians took Granada in 1492 all the region s Moors were forced to convert to Christianity Those who refused took to the hills settling in this remote inaccessible area Alpujarra de la Sierra retains its traditional Berber architecture and has many quaint white houses with flat clay roofs lining narrow streets Author Gerald Brenan who wrote South from Granada was a resident of Alpujarra de la Sierra He rebuilt a ruined house now marked with a plaque in his memory and was visited by many of his friends of the famous Bloomsbury group In his book Brenan describes the everyday life of Yegen in the 1920s References edit Municipal Register of Spain 2018 National Statistics Institute 36 56 N 03 09 W 36 933 N 3 150 W 36 933 3 150 nbsp This article about a location in the province of Granada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alpujarra de la Sierra amp oldid 1047373718, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
