Pueblonuevo del Guadiana
(PP, since 2015)
Pueblonuevo del Guadiana, also shortened as Pueblonuevo, is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura. It has a population of 2,046 and an area of 30,95 km².
History
The town is a planned community founded in 1948, as achievement of the Plan Badajoz,[3] and officially inaugurated in 1956 by Francisco Franco. It was one of the villages founded by the Instituto Nacional de Colonización during the Francoist Spain.[1]
Geography
Pueblonuevo is located between the cities of Badajoz (24 km [15 mi] west) and Mérida (37 km [23 mi] east), and next to the Spanish borders with Portugal (40 km [25 mi] west of Elvas). It lies on a plain, rich in canals and rural lands, between the rivers Alcazaba and Guadiana.[4]
The municipality is part of the Judicial district of Badajoz, has no hamlets, and borders with Badajoz, Valdelacalzada and Talavera la Real. Nearest settlements are Alcazaba, Novelda del Guadiana, Guadiana del Caudillo, Talavera la Real, Balboa, Valdelacalzada and Villafranco del Guadiana.[4]
Main sights
One of the sights of the town is the Catholic church dedicated to Christ the King (Iglesia del Cristo Rey), belonging to the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.
Transport
Pueblonuevo is crossed to the north by the Ciudad Real-Mérida-Badajoz railway, part of an international line that links Madrid with Lisbon. It is crossed to the south by the regional road EX-209, and is 13 km (8.1 mi) from Badajoz Airport. Nearest motorway exit is "Talavera la Real", on the Autovía A-5 Madrid-Badajoz, and is 8 km (5.0 mi) away.[4]
Twin towns
- Descartes, France
References
- ^ a b (in Spanish) Pueblonuevo home page - Mayor's greetings
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ (in Spanish) Info about the Plan Badajoz
- ^ a b c 346041
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Pueblonuevo del Guadiana on OpenStreetMap
External links
Media related to Pueblonuevo del Guadiana at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Spanish) Pueblonuevo official website
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- Fuente de Cantos
- Fuente del Arco
- Fuente del Maestre
- Fuentes de León
- Garbayuela
- Garlitos
- Granja de Torrehermosa
- Guadiana
- Guareña
- Helechosa de los Montes
- Herrera del Duque
- Higuera de Llerena
- Higuera de Vargas
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- Hornachos
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- La Albuera
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- Monesterio
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- Monterrubio de la Serena
- Montijo
- Navalvillar de Pela
- Nogales
- Oliva de Mérida
- Oliva de la Frontera
- Olivenza
- Orellana de la Sierra
- Orellana la Vieja
- Palomas
- Peñalsordo
- Peraleda del Zaucejo
- Puebla de Alcocer
- Puebla de Obando
- Puebla de Sancho Pérez
- Puebla de la Calzada
- Puebla de la Reina
- Puebla del Maestre
- Puebla del Prior
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- Quintana de la Serena
- Reina
- Rena
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- Ribera del Fresno
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- San Pedro de Mérida
- San Vicente de Alcántara
- Sancti-Spíritus
- Santa Amalia
- Santa Marta
- Segura de León
- Siruela
- Solana de los Barros
- Talarrubias
- Talavera la Real
- Táliga
- Tamurejo
- Torre de Miguel Sesmero
- Torremayor
- Torremejía
- Trasierra
- Trujillanos
- Usagre
- Valdecaballeros
- Valdelacalzada
- Valdetorres
- Valencia de las Torres
- Valencia del Mombuey
- Valencia del Ventoso
- Valle de Matamoros
- Valle de Santa Ana
- Valle de la Serena
- Valverde de Burguillos
- Valverde de Leganés
- Valverde de Llerena
- Valverde de Mérida
- Villafranca de los Barros
- Villagarcía de la Torre
- Villagonzalo
- Villalba de los Barros
- Villanueva de la Serena
- Villanueva del Fresno
- Villar de Rena
- Villar del Rey
- Villarta de los Montes
- Zafra
- Zahínos
- Zalamea de la Serena
- Zarza-Capilla
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