Juviles
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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 | |
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 Location o Juviles | |
  Juviles Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 36°57′N 3°13′W / 36.950°N 3.217°WCoordinates: 36°57′N 3°13′W / 36.950°N 3.217°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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