Algueña

Algueña L'Alguenya
Town Hall of Algueña.
Algueña Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 38°20′16″N 01°00′13″W / 38.33778°N 1.00361°W / 38.33778; -1.00361
Country	Spain
Autonomous communities of Spain	Valencian Community
Province	Alicante
Comarca	Vinalopó Mitjà
Government
• Mayor	Carmen Jover Pérez (PP)
Area
• Total	18.43 km2 (7.12 sq mi)
Elevation	534 m (1,752 ft)
Population (2009)
• Total	1,551
• Density	82.9/km2 (215/sq mi)
• Language	Valencian
Demonym(s)	Algueñeros (Spanish) Alguenyers (Catalan)
Postcode	03668

Algueña (Spanish: [alˈɣeɲa]) or L'Alguenya (Valencian: [laɫˈɣeɲa]) is a Spanish municipality located in the Alicante province, in the comarca of Vinalopó Mitjà. Its climate is Arid Mediterranean.

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, 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 from the town.

History

Parish Church of San José, in Algueña

The first reference to Algueña, then called Alhenya, 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 1950s, there was a slow regression until 2005, when Algueña had 1,501 inhabitants.

Algueña (like Pinoso) 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.

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• Data of Algueña municipality. (Spanish)

Municipalities of Vinalopó Mitjà
Algueña Aspe Elda El Fondó de les Neus Hondón de los Frailes Monforte del Cid Monòver/Monóvar Novelda Petrer El Pinós/Pinoso La Romana

Municipalities of the province of Alicante
L'Atzúbia Agost Agres Aigües Albatera Alcalalí Alcocer de Planes Alcoleja Alcoy Alfafara Algorfa Algueña Alicante Almoradí Almudaina Altea Aspe Balones Banyeres de Mariola Benasau Beneixama Benejúzar Benferri Beniarbeig Beniardá Beniarrés Benidoleig Benidorm Benifallim Benifato Benigembla Benijófar Benilloba Benillup Benimantell Benimarfull Benimassot Benimeli Benissa Benitachell Biar Bigastro Bolulla Busot Callosa d'en Sarrià Callosa de Segura Calp Campo de Mirra Castalla Castell de Castells Catral Cañada Cocentaina Confrides Cox Crevillent Daya Nueva Daya Vieja Dolores Dénia El Campello El Ràfol d'Almúnia El Verger Elche Elda Els Poblets Facheca Famorca Finestrat Formentera del Segura Gaianes Gata de Gorgos Gorga Granja de Rocamora Guadalest Guardamar del Segura Hondón de las Nieves Hondón de los Frailes Ibi Jacarilla Jalón Jijona L'Alfàs del Pi L'Alqueria d'Asnar La Nucia La Romana La Torre de les Maçanes La Vall d'Alcalà La Vall de Laguar La Vila Joiosa Llíber Lorcha/L'Orxa Los Montesinos Millena Monforte del Cid Monóvar Murla Muro de Alcoy Mutxamel Novelda Ondara Onil Orba Orihuela Orxeta Parcent Pedreguer Pego Penàguila Petrer Pilar de la Horadada Pinoso Planes Polop Quatretondeta Rafal Redován Relleu Rojales Sagra Salinas San Fulgencio San Isidro San Miguel de Salinas San Vicente del Raspeig Sanet y Negrals Sant Joan d'Alacant Santa Pola Sax Sella Senija Teulada Tibi Tollos Tormos Torrevieja Tárbena La Vall d'Ebo Vall de Gallinera Villena Xàbia