Official Name: | La Calahorra |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of La Calahorra in Spain |
Coordinates: | 37.1791°N -3.0622°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Spain |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Name1: | Andalusia |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Córdoba |
Area Total Km2: | 39.45 |
Elevation M: | 1192 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Website: | www.lacalahorra.es |
La Calahorra is a municipality, part of the Comarca de Guadix, located in the middle of the Province of Granada, Spain. According to the 2019 census, the town has a population of 673 inhabitants.[1]
Nearby, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, is the Castillo de La Calahorra. Built between 1509 and 1512, it is one of the first Italian Renaissance castles outside Italy.[2]
The town aims to become a site of free-of-light pollution conservation[3] following the nearby Sierra de los Filabres and Sierra Nevada Starlight Foundation[4] certification project.
It is well known, as the setting of the final scenes in the 1974 David Essex film Stardust.
Central Termosolar Andasol, a 150-megawatt CSP plant, is located about 3.2km (02miles) north of the town.