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Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Municipality
Vista Chinchilla.JPG
Coat of arms of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Coat of arms
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón is located in Province of Albacete
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Location in Province of Albacete
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón is located in Castilla-La Mancha
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Location in Castilla-La Mancha
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón is located in Spain
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón
Location in Spain
Country  Spain
Autonomous community Castilla–La Mancha
Province Albacete
Area
 • Total 679.27 km2 (262.27 sq mi)
Elevation
907 m (2,976 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total 4,182
 • Density 6.1566/km2 (15.9455/sq mi)
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Chinchilla de Montearagón or Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, or simply Chinchilla (Arabic: جنجالة), is a municipality in the province of Albacete in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Spreading across a total area of 679.27 km2 (262.27 sq mi), the municipality has population of 4,182 (2018).

Description

This town is located 15 km from the capital of the province. In 2008, with 3,660 inhabitants, according to INE data, but according to water consumption data are estimated about 5,000 since many are not registered in this town used by many as a dormitory town of Albacete. It includes the hamlets of Casa Blanca de los Rioteros, Estación de Chinchilla, La Felipa, Horna, Pinilla, Pozo Bueno, Pozo de la Peña and El Villar de Chinchilla (wines produced in the latter parish belong to the Almansa Denominación de Origen). The Church of Santa María del Salvador stands in the town.

Historical data

In the short-lived 1822 territorial division of Spain, Chinchilla was to be the provincial capital; the 1833 territorial division of Spain, which remains largely in effect today, moved the capital to Albacete.

Since 1991 the municipality has been governed by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

In 2003, two trains collided overnight, leaving 19 dead and 50 injured.

Gallery

  • Castillo Chinchilla

    Castle of Chinchilla of Monte-Aragón

  • Castillo Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón

    Doorway of the castle

  • Plaza Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón

    La Mancha Square

  • Iglesia Chinchilla reja

    Church of Chinchilla, interior

  • Monumento de Pozo Moro (M.A.N. Inv.1999-76-A) 01

    the so-called Mausoleum of Pozo Moro. Sandstone Iberian mausoleum, built at the end of the 6th century BC in Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón.

  • Monumento de Pozo Moro (M.A.N. Inv.1999-76-A) 03

    Detail of the Mausoleum of Pozo Moro.

  • Encuentro-veronica-1-2008

    "La Verónica" during the Holy week

  • Parque eólico Chinchilla

    Eolic park in Chinchilla

See also

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