Pliego | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Pushpin Map: | Spain Murcia#Spain |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Murcia##Location in Spain |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | Comarca |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Antonio Huéscar Pérez |
Area Total Km2: | 29 |
Elevation M: | 308 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Pliego is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is situated in the . It has a population of 3,868 (INE 2021).[1] It is a small town near the beautiful Mountain Nature Park of the nearby Sierra Espuna Mountains with surrounding countryside of olive, almonds and apricot groves.
Latitude: 37º 58' 59" N
Longitude: 001º 30' 00" O.
The municipality is located on the north slope of the Sierra Espuna mountains. It is in the meadow created by the Pliego river, a tributary of the Mula river, a current that flows into the Segura river.
The municipality is an enclave, surrounded on all sides by Mula.
Pliego is a pretty historical Spanish town with a mainly Spanish population with some English residents and other nationalities who have settled there. It consists of old and new architecture with a central Town Square and Town Hall.
The geography of Pliego allows for hiking, rock-climbing, mountain biking, and spelunking.
It has all other amenities, a Church, banks, post-office, doctors surgery, large supermarket, shops, eating-places, bars and weekly open market. It is close to the larger town of Mula, the motorway, the City of Murcia, airports and many coastal towns.