La Albuera | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Extremadura |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of La Albuera within Extremadura |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Badajoz |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Tierra de Badajoz |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Badajoz |
Coordinates: | 38.7161°N -6.8239°W |
Elevation M: | 253 |
Area Total Km2: | 26.4 |
Population Demonym: | Albuereños |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 06170 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Manuel Antonio Díaz González |
Leader Party: | PSOE |
La Albuera is a village southeast of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain. it had a population of c. 2,000 inhabitants.
It was scene of the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) between Spanish, Portuguese and British troops under William Carr Beresford and the French ones led by Marshal Soult, in the course of the Peninsular war.
Located south of the city of Badajoz and next to the Spanish borders with Portugal, La Albuera is, along with Guadiana del Caudillo, an enclave entirely surrounded by the municipal territory of Badajoz.