Llíber is a village in the
province of Alicante
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and
autonomous community of Valencia
The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid with more than five million inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadí ...
,
Spain
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. The municipality covers an area of .
Geography
Llíber is a municipality of
Comunidad Valenciana
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, Spain. It is located in the north-east of the
Province of Alicante
Alicante (, , ; ; ; officially: / ) is a province located in eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province, containing the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Co ...
, within the region of the
Marina Alta
Marina Alta (; ; lit. "Upper Marina") is a central comarques of the Valencian Community, central and coastal ''Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca'' of the autonomous community of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valen ...
and is one of a number of villages in the area known as Vall de Pop. It has 1,099 inhabitants, of which 62.80% are of foreign nationality (
National Institute of Statistics - Spain 2015).
Llíber is bordered by the neighbourhood Penya Roja to the north with Lloma Llarga and Tossal del Cau to the south.
Llíber is accessed from the AP7 motorway, exiting at junction 63, on the CV745 from Benissa, or from the N332 at Gata de Gorgos on the CV748.
Llíber borders the municipalities of
Alcalalí,
Benissa,
Gata de Gorgos,
Jalón
Xaló (; ), is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta in the Valencian Community, Spain.
Geography
The town of Jalón is located in the Jalón Valley. The Jalón or Gorgos river crosses the town, which has a length of .
Climate
...
,
Pedreguer and
Senija
Senija is a village in the Provinces of Spain, province of Province of Alicante, Alicante and autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 661 people.
Geogr ...
.
History
Located to the north of the municipal area is the Iberian town of Pozo de Gata. The Iberians used to build their settlements in high places in order to obtain a better defence against their enemies. For this same reason, they also walled them.
Llíber and the surrounding lands were conquered in 1256 by King James I of Aragon.
The lady Constance of Sicily enjoyed the Llíber incomes until November 1300, when James II transferred the incomes to those of those of
Pego and
La Vall d'Uixó
La Vall d'Uixó (, also known as ''Vall-llarga'', ''Vall del Duc'' or simply as ''La Vall''; ) is a town situated in eastern Spain, in the Valencian province of Castelló. La Vall is located 25 km to the south of the province's capital C ...
.
From 1413 until 1444 Llíber was part of the dominion of the Martorell, lineage to which belonged the famous novelist, Joanot Martorell.
In 1444 the town of Llíber was sold at auction at the request of the creditors of Galceran Martorell.
The purchasers were Gonzalo de Híjar, Comendador de Montalbán and his wife, Inés, de Portugal.
On September 12, 1444, Gonzalo de Hijar, sold Llíber to his son Pedro.
Later it belonged to the Duke of Almodóvar.
In 1609, Llíber had 25 houses and was an annex of Xaló which became independent.
Until 1707 Llíber belonged to the government of Xàtiva (Júcar), which until 1833 was part of the government (township) of Dénia.
In 1992 an Englishman, Lord Perry Harber, extended the village by designing and building 80 properties on a disused vineyard.
Agriculture
More than half of the land remains uncultivated, with dryland agriculture predominating in the cultivated areas with olive, grape and almond being the most prominent crops.
Festivals
The major annual festival is celebrated in mid-August, in honour of
Saint Roch (San Roque).
Gallery
File:Marina_alta_aixa-pop.png, Vall de Pop, Marina Alta
File:Llíber-Mapa_de_la_Marina_Alta.svg, The municipality of Llíber, Marina Alta
File:Església_dels_sants_Cosme_i_Damià_de_Llíber.JPG, The Church of Saint Cosmé and Saint Damián, Llíber
File:Ribalta-san_roque.jpg, San Roque, patron saint of Llíber
References
External links
Llíber Town Hall - official websiteVall de Pop - tourist information website
Populated places in the Province of Alicante
Marina Alta
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