Villarrobledo

Villarrobledo (biʎaroˈβleðo) is a Spanish city and municipality in the province of Albacete, part of the autonomous community of Castilla La Mancha. It's better known for having the world's largest area covered by vineyards (more than 30,000 has., approximately 48,000,000 of vines) as well as the world's greatest production of La Mancha wine, called in Spanish Denominación de Origen. Also, it is an important center of Manchego cheese production and export and has other important industries like metallurgy and transportation. The city celebrates a number of events, including the lt=Carnival, the Festival Arte Nativo Viña Rock, the Holy Week and the International Chess Open 'Ciudad de Villarrobledo'.

Villarrobledo has a climate that registers extreme temperatures: very low in winter (there have been produced values below −20°) and very high in summer (over 40°). The dominant winds are Solano (from the east) in summer, Cierzo (cold wind from the northwest) in winter and Ábrego (from the southwest) throughout the year. Regardless of these contrasts, the winter cold and the summer heat are dry. Spring and autumn are agreeable. +2005 CLIMATIC DATA (Juanaco place's observatory) MONTH MAT (date) mat (date) MRH % P mm WS m/sJanuary 16.9 °C (21/01) 13.5 °C (27/01) 67.50% 1.20 2'10February 18.1 °C (13/02) 8.8 °C (18/02) 63.37% 7.60 3'11March 23.9 °C (20/03) 8.7 °C (08/03) 57.90% 12.40 3.25April 28.8 °C (30/04) 2.6 °C (10/04) 51.94% 7.80 3.54May 32.5 °C (27/05) 2.9 °C (06/05) 43.40% 16.00 2.72June 37.3 °C (22/06) 11.9 °C (02/06) 41.18% 9.40 2.61July 38.8 °C (16/07) 12.7 °C (30/07) 35.48% 1.20 2.90August 39.3 °C (08/08) 7 °C (22/08) 36.89% 0.00 2.49September 34.3 °C (03/09) 2.1 °C (19/09) 48.50% 13.00 2.36October 29.6 °C (01/10) 1.4 °C (04/10) 67.73% 58.00 2.20November 21.9 °C (03/11) 3.1 °C (30/11) 75.32% 26.60 2.30December 12.7 °C (07/12) 5.2 °C (15/12) 78.17 % 14.80 2.72

Slight rainful takes place during spring and at the end of autumn. The annual rainfall average is 39.02 mm. In the summer, rains appear as large isolated storms. Snowfall is not exceptionally great and occurs in December and January, and occasionally in the spring.

Population: 26,686 inhabitants. Demonymes: (In Spanish) Villarrobletano/a or Villarrobledense. Also correct are Villarrobledano/a and Villarrobletense, though they have minor use. Troyano (trojan) is colloquial and Agualubio/a is derogatory. Entities: City of Villarrobledo and the minor entities of Casas de Peña (<100 hab. ), Moharras (deserted) and Ventas de Alcolea (<100 hab.). Neighborhoods: Asturias (Pío XII), Centro, Juan Valero, San Antón, Socuéllamos, Virgen de la Caridad (Casas Baratas) and Pintores. At present, there is a notable population increase by the massive immigration of citizens of East Europe. A City Council study in 2006 found the number of immigrants to be 3,324 persons, of whom 2,011 (60.50%) are men, and 1,313 (39.50%) women, arriving from 43 different countries. The ten countries that contribute most to immigration are Romania, Ukraine, Morocco, Moldavia, Colombia, Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Bulgaria and Peru.

+2003–2007 legislature1. Pedro Antonio Ruiz Santos (Alcalde Presidente)2. José Antonio Cabañero Losa3. Carmen Martínez Parra4. Antonio Arribas Castillo5. María José Parra Jareño6. Juan Luis Íñiguez Perea7. María Paz Saez Montejano8. Juan Ramon Martínez Valero9. María Rosario Herrera Gómez10. Marco Antonio Blázquez Herreros11. María Elvira Calero Nueda12. Andrés Jiménez ColladoPSOE 1. Bernardo Cabañero González2. Roman Lacoba Martínez3. Caridad Martínez Marhuenda4. Mariano López Ortiz AIV 1. Maria Belen Alite Landete2. Antonio Sánchez Moreno3. Luis Martínez García PP 1. Rafael Núñez Paez2. Teresa Lozano Laguía Not assigned Chosen originally under PP

The City Council of Villarrobledo, presided by Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, is made up by the Councillors listed in the right table. Also, Villarrobledo is head of No. 6 Judicial Party of the province of Albacete, which includes the municipalities of El Bonillo, Munera, Ossa de Montiel and Villarrobledo.

The present location of Villarrobledo dates from 1292, according to diverse historical sources. In its history, vestiges of almost all the historical cultures that have existed in the Iberian Peninsula have existed in Villarrobledo, all the way from the Paleolithic to the present.

nos atreveríamos a definir la industria lítica del yacimiento de La Jaraba dentro de la fase del Achelense Superior final con micoquiense

Between La Jaraba and La Paradica, there are found remains of the first human civilizations in the province of Albacete corresponding to Upper Acheulean (Lower Paleolithic) people. In this place there have been found diverse stone tools, manufactured on nuclei or stone chips, which can be seen in the archaeological section of the Albacete Provincial Museum. There are other five archaeological deposits from the Middle Paleolithic.

Ergávica, insigne capital de valeroso distrito en el extremo de la Celtiberia, y silla episcopal en tiempo de los godos con el nombre de Arcávica. Dilatábase su territorio, al Sur, en Casa de Lipa, cerca de Villarrobledo Mi estudio , ha puesto en claro estas reducciones geográficas

Historically, it is documented in the Hitación de Wamba the existence of the Church of Lila, (also known as Lipa, Liba or Belida) in las Casas de Lipa (place of La Elipa, less than 10 km to the south of the urban center) assigned to the Bishoprics of Mentesa (Villanueva de la Fuente, Ciudad Real) (3rd to 7th century) and Ergávica (Santaver near Cañaveruelas, Cuenca) (600 to 693).

The Battle of Villarrobledo was fought here in 1836.

Alonso Ortiz. Renaissantist humanist and writer
Miguel Cano. Baroque architect and sculptor, father and first master of Alonso Cano, renowned painter and sculptor. Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón. Spanish Archbishop and twice Viceroy in Peru. Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco. Baroque music and Ópera composer. Manuel "Champi" Herreros. 80 cc FIM World Champion, in 1989.