Villamalur Explained

Settlement Type:municipality
Official Name:Villamalur
Pushpin Map:Spain
Pusphin Map Caption:Location in Spain.
Subdivision Name3:Alto Mijares
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Lorenzo Gimeno Alegre
Area Total Km2:19.50
Elevation M:644
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:39.9644°N -0.3953°W

Villamalur is a municipality in the comarca of Alto Mijares, province of Castellón, Valencian Community, southern Spain.

Sights include the castle, with an irregularly polygonal plan (10th - 13th century)

History

The origins of the town are unknown, although it has been supposed that it grew around the Moorish castle located nearby. In 1236 it was part of the possessions of Zayd Abu Zayd, the last Almohad governor of Valencia. Later it was a center of the Moriscos, but after their suppression it was repopulated by people from Castile during the first half of the 17th century.