Chinchilla de Montearagón or Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, or simply Chinchilla, is a municipality in the
province of Albacete
Albacete () is a province of central Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. As of 2012, Albacete had a population of 402,837 people. Its capital city, also called Albacete, is by road southeast of Madri ...
in
Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Spreading across a total area of , the municipality has population of 4,182 (2018).
Description
This town is located 15 km from the capital of the province. In 2008, with 3,660 inhabitants, according to INE data, but according to water consumption data are estimated about 5,000 since many are not registered in this town used by many as a
dormitory town
A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...
of Albacete. It includes the hamlets of Casa Blanca de los Rioteros, Estación de Chinchilla, La Felipa, Horna, Pinilla, Pozo Bueno, Pozo de la Peña and El Villar de Chinchilla (wines produced in the latter parish belong to the
Almansa Denominación de Origen). The
Church of Santa María del Salvador stands in the town.
Historical data
In the short-lived
1822 territorial division of Spain
The 1822 territorial division of Spain was a rearrangement of the territory of Spain into various provinces, enacted briefly during the '' Trienio Liberal'' of 1820–1823. It is remembered today largely as a precursor to the similar 1833 territ ...
, Chinchilla was to be the provincial capital;
División provisional del territorio español de 27 de Enero de 1822
, the text of the proposed 1822 territorial division of Spain, Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC, Spanish National Research Council
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). Accessed online 2010-01-03. the , which remains largely in effect today, moved the capital to Albacete
Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete.
Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...
.[''Real Decreto de 30 de noviembre de 1833'']
on Wikisource;
''Real Decreto de 30 de noviembre de 1833''
on the official web site of the government of the Canary Islands, accessed 2009-12-31.
Since 1991 the municipality has been governed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
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(PSOE).
In 2003, two trains collided overnight, leaving 19 dead and 50 injured.
Gallery
File:Castillo Chinchilla.JPG, Castle of Chinchilla
The Castle of Chinchilla () is a castle located in Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931. As of right now visitors only have access to see the exterior of the castle as the interior is under constru ...
of Monte-Aragón
File:Castillo Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.jpg, Doorway of the castle
File:Plaza Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.jpg, La Mancha Square
File:Iglesia Chinchilla reja.jpg, Church of Chinchilla, interior
File:Monumento de Pozo Moro (M.A.N. Inv.1999-76-A) 01.jpg, the so-called Mausoleum of Pozo Moro
The Mausoleum of Pozo Moro is a Mausoleum of the Iberians from the end of the 6th century BC, which was discovered in 1970 in excavations made in the Province of Albacete.
Location
Pozo Moro, near the Spanish community of Chinchilla de Monte- ...
. Sandstone Iberian
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mausoleum, built at the end of the 6th century BC in Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.
File:Monumento de Pozo Moro (M.A.N. Inv.1999-76-A) 03.jpg, Detail of the Mausoleum of Pozo Moro.
File:Encuentro-veronica-1-2008.jpg, "La Verónica" during the Holy week
File:Parque eólico Chinchilla.jpg, Eolic park in Chinchilla
References
External links
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Populated places in the Province of Albacete