Juviles

Juviles is a clachan an municipality in the central Alpujarras, in the province o Granada in Spain. The veelage is locatit at 36° 57' north an 3° 13' east, an staunds at a altitude o 1,255 metres, on the road frae Trevélez tae Ugíjar. The municipality haes a area o 12 square km, an its population in 2003 wis estimatit at 160.

Juviles
Municipality
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Location o Juviles
Juviles Location in Spain
Coordinates: 36°57′N 3°13′W
Kintra	Spain
Autonomous commonty	Andalusie
Province	Granada
Comarca	Alpujarras
Judicial destrict	Órgiva
Govrenment
• Alcaldesa	María Lurdes Molina Henares (2007) (PP)
Area
• Total	15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	1255 m (4,117 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	173
• Density	12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Juvileño, -a
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	18452
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Awtho tradeetionally agricultural, the area unner cultivation in the municipality is nou anerly 35 hectares. Housomeivver, like Trevélez it is kent for its air-cured ham. In Moorish times it wis a centre o the silk industry.

A fortress wis established in Juviles in the 8t century, tho the oreegins o the clachan are probably aulder. It haed strategic importance durin the Middle Ages, aften servin as a refuge for local fowk in times o ceevil strife. In 913 it was conquered bi Aberramán III. Frae the 12t til the 16t yeirhunner the clachan serrt as the admeenistrative centre o a "taha" o 12 dounsets wi 23 smawer hamlets associati wi thaim. Follaein the 1500 morisco rebellion, Fernando the Catholic destroyed the fortress as a measur against further revolts; its ruins can still be seen. In 1572, as in ither Alpujarran areas, the remainin morisco population wis replaced bi Christians brocht frae Castile.

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