Montilla
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| Montilla | ||
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| Municipality | ||
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  Montilla | ||
 Montilla | ||
| Coordinates: 37°35′12″N 4°38′19″W / 37.58667°N 4.63861°W | ||
| Country |
 Spain | |
| Autonomous Community |
 Andalusia | |
| Province | Córdoba | |
| Comarca | Campiña Sur | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Federico Cabello de Alba Hernández (PP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 168.5 km2 (65.1 sq mi) | |
| Elevation(AMSL) | 371 m (1,217 ft) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • Total | 23,836 | |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (GMT +2) (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 14550 | |
| Area code(s) | +34 (Spain) + 957 (Córdoba) | |
| Website | Town Hall | |
Montilla a town and municipality of southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba, 32 miles south of the provincial capital, Córdoba, by the Córdoba-Bobadilla railway. As of 2003, the town had a population of 23,245. The olive oil of the district is abundant and good, and it is the peculiar flavour of the pale dry light wine of Montilla that gives its name to the sherry known as Amontillado. Montilla was the birthplace of "The Great Captain," Gonzalo or Gonsalvo of Córdoba (1453-1515), and contains the ruined castle of his father, Pedro Fernández de Córdoba.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
Coordinates: 37°35′N 4°38′W / 37.583°N 4.633°W
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