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Place in Andalusia, Spain From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turre is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.
Turre, Spain | |
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Coordinates: 37°09′N 1°53′W | |
Country | Spain |
Community | Andalusia |
Municipality | Almería |
Government | |
• Mayor | Martín Morales Fuentes (TPLG) |
Area | |
• Total | 108 km2 (42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 3,384 |
• Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Climate | BWh |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1999 | 2,233 | — |
2000 | 2,331 | +4.4% |
2001 | 2,365 | +1.5% |
2002 | 2,453 | +3.7% |
2003 | 2,547 | +3.8% |
2004 | 2,656 | +4.3% |
2005 | 2,884 | +8.6% |
2006 | 3,045 | +5.6% |
2007 | 3,264 | +7.2% |
2008 | 3,453 | +5.8% |
2009 | 3,626 | +5.0% |
2010 | 3,791 | +4.6% |
2011 | 3,901 | +2.9% |
2012 | 3,929 | +0.7% |
2013 | 3,960 | +0.8% |
2014 | 3,563 | −10.0% |
2015 | 3,346 | −6.1% |
2016 | 3,351 | +0.1% |
2017 | 3,317 | −1.0% |
2018 | 3,384 | +2.0% |
Source: INE (Spain) |
Turre was originally a Moorish settlement created after the invading Christian armies of the Catholic Monarchs expelled the Moors from the nearby village of Mojacar in 1488. It was originally called Turris, after the Latin for "tower", probably because there was a watchtower at the location of the new settlement.[2]
In 2015 local author David Jackson published a history of the village which follows the evolution of Turre from its founding up to the modern day.
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