Molvízar | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Granada |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Subdivision Name3: | Costa Tropical |
Subdivision Type4: | Judicial district |
Subdivision Name4: | Motril |
Subdivision Type5: | Commonwealth |
Subdivision Name5: | Costa Tropical |
Coordinates: | 36.7833°N -39°W |
Elevation M: | 241 |
Area Total Km2: | 21.47 |
Population Demonym: | Molviceño, -ña |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Official language(s) |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 18611 |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Leader Title: | Alcalde |
Leader Name: | Francisco Fermín García Puentedura (2007) |
Leader Party: | PP |
Molvízar is a small town and municipality located in the province of Granada, in Spain. Between 1905 and 2005, the population has ranged between 1500 and 3500 inhabitants. It is located in the foothills of the mountains of southern Spain, approximately five kilometres from the Costa Tropical coast.
Agriculture is a large part of its economy, with an increasing contribution from European tourism, with visitors attracted by its year-round temperate weather.
Locals celebrate the patron saint, Santa Ana, on July 26, during which the town puts forth a traditional representation of "Moros y Cristianos" (Moors and Christians), which commemorates the Reconquista expulsion of the Moors from Spain. The city is also the birthplace of anarchist revolutionary Antonio Ramón.