Official Name: | Campillos |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Leader Title: | IU |
Leader Name: | Francisco Guerrero Cuadrado |
Elevation M: | 461 |
Area Total Km2: | 188 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 29320 |
Population Demonym: | Campillero |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Andalusia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Andalusia |
Coordinates: | 37.05°N -55°W |
Website: | http://www.campillos.es |
Campillos is a municipality and town in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located northwest of the province in the comarca of Guadalteba and within the judicial district of Antequera. The municipality is approximately 30 kilometers from Antequera and 70 from the provincial capital. It covers an area of 188 km2 extending from grain fields and olive groves and includes several lakes inhabited by flamingos and storks.
It has a population of approximately 8,633 residents according to the National Institute of Statistics (2012). The parish church Our Lady of Repose, Iglesia Parroquial Nuestra Señora del Reposo, near the plaza is a major attraction.[1] The natives are called Campilleros.
Campillos was founded in 1492.
It is home to the Campillos International Piano Competition, first held in 2007.
Campillos is part of the comarca of Guadalteba, together with the municipalities of Almargen, Ardales, Cañete La Real, Carratraca, Cuevas del Becerro, Sierra de Yeguas and Teba.
It includes the old municipality of, which disappeared in the seventies due to the construction of the reservoir of Guadalteba.
Most of the land is covered by olive groves and grain fields on its flat side and the mountains are dominated by scrub and woodland.