La Calahorra
La Calahorra | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 37°10′45″N 3°03′44″W / 37.1791°N 3.0622°W | |
Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Andalusia |
Province | Córdoba |
Area | |
• Total | 39.45 km2 (15.23 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,192 m (3,911 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 661 |
• Density | 17/km2 (43/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Website | www.lacalahorra.es |
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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 sky 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 mi) north of the town.
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References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística
- ^ "Granada Province - La Calahorra". Andalucia.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Astroturismo
- ^ Starlight Foundation certification
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