Algueña

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Algueña
L'Alguenya

Location in the Valencian Community, Spain Location in the comarca Vinalopó Medio
Province	Alicante
Comarca	Vinalopó Medio
Demonym  • Spanish  • Catalan	algueñero, -a Alguenyer, -a
Postcode	03668
Coordinates	38°20′16″N, 1°00′13″W
Area	18.43 km² (17.01 sq mi)
Altitude	534 m (1740 ft)
Distance to Alicante	51 km (32 mi) to the east
Establishment
Population (2005)  • Total  • Density	1,501 inhabitants 81.44 people/km²
Mayor (since 2006)	Esteve Escandell Pérez (PSOE)
Judicial district	Novelda
Language	Valencian
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Algueña is a Spanish municipality located in the Alicante province, in the comarca of Vinalopó Medio. Its climate is Arid Mediterranean.

[edit] Geography

Algueña is located in the extreme West of Medio Vinalopó, on the border of the old Kingdom of Murcia. The district occupies a high plateau with mid altitudes around 600 m (2000 ft), hilly to the North because of the Reclot mountain range. The district includes the city population center as well as the village of La Solana at 3 km (2 miles) from the town.

[edit] A Brief History

The first reference to Algueña, then called Alhenya, that we have come across is a date in a lawsuit in the year 1582 between the lordships of Monóvar and Novelda.

The population was linked to the municipality of Pinoso until 1934, although it previously already had an independent parish. In this year it obtained municipal independence due to the strong demographic growth experience during the last years of the 19th and beginnings of the 20th centuries (the 1900 census showed a figure of 1,953 inhabitants). Beginning in the 50s, there was a slow regression until 2005, when Algueña had 1,501 inhabitants.

Algueña (like Pinoso, of whose municipality, as already stated, it was part of) remained included in the Territory of Orihuela until 1707. In the administrative reform carried out by the Bourbons, it remained equally included in Orihuela’s district of corregidor until 1833, the year in which the current provincial system was established.

[edit] External Links (in Spanish)

• Datos y cifras del municipio de Algueña. Unidad de Documentación de la Diputación de Alicante
• Algueña en el Registro de Entidades Locales de la Generalidad Valenciana
• La isla de interior - Algueña: sitio web institucional de información turística.
• Crónica de un visitante en Algueña

edit	Municipalities of Vinalopó Mitjà
Algueña | Aspe | Elda | Hondón de las Nieves | Hondón de los Frailes | Monforte del Cid | Monòver / Monóvar | Novelda | Petrer | Pinoso | La Romana