Fuente Obejuna

Fuente Obejuna
Municipality

Seal
Fuente Obejuna

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 38°16′N 5°25′W / 38.267°N 5.417°W / 38.267; -5.417
Country Spain
Province Córdoba
Municipality Fuente Obejuna
Area
 • Total 592 km2 (229 sq mi)
Elevation 625 m (2,051 ft)
Population (2006)
 • Total 4,961
 • Density 8.4/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

Fuente Obejuna is a city located in the province of Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. According to the 2014 census,[1] the municipality has a population of 4961 inhabitants. Fuente Obejuna is located 98 km away from the capital of the province, Cordoba. It was made famous by Lope de Vega's play Fuenteovejuna about the uprising that took place there in 1476. Local people are known as 'Mellarienses'.

Etymology

Although Fuente Obejuna is the official name, the town is also known as Fuente Ovejuna and Fuenteovejuna. Before the creation of the “Real Academia Española”, the use of “b” and “v” was different of what it is today, and because of that fact Fuente Obejuna can be written in several ways, all of them correct. Some people have related the name of this village with the Roman villa “Fons Mellaria” (honey fountain) that was situated in the municipality of Fuente Obejuna, 5 km away from the urban area, at Masatrigos hill, a place where Roman remains have been found. From this name “Fuente Abejuna” was derived and then “Fuente Obejuna”.

Demography

There are 14 villages that belong to Fuente Obejuna`s municipality:

Number of residents in 1996-2006:

Demographic trends
1996199719981999200020012002200320042005
6.711 6.695 6.032 5.890 5.817 5.743 5.615 5.530 5.434 5.409

See also

References

  1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)


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