Arcos de la Frontera

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Arcos de la Frontera
Image:Sin bandera.svg Image:Logo arcos de la frontera.jpg Coat of Arms
Location
Image:Map of Arcos de la Frontera (Cádiz).png Location of Arcos de la Frontera
Coordinates : Time zone :
General information
Native name	Arcos de la Frontera (Spanish)
Spanish name	Arcos de la Frontera
Postal code	11630
Website	http://www.arcosdelafrontera.es/
Administration
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Andalusia
Province	Cádiz
Comarca	Sierra de Cádiz
Mayor	Josefa Caro Gamaza (PSOE)
Geography
Land Area	528 km²
Altitude	185 m AMSL
Population
Population	29.905 (2007)
Density	55,7 hab./km² (2007)

Arcos de la Frontera is a town of southern Spain, in the province of Cádiz; on the right bank of the river Guadalete, which flows past El Puerto de Santa Maria into the Bay of Cadiz. The town occupies a ridge of sandstone, washed on three sides by the river, and commanding fine views of the lofty peak of San Cristobal, on the east, and the fertile Guadalete Valley, celebrated in ancient Spanish ballads for its horses. At the highest point of the ridge is a Gothic church with a fine gateway, and a modern tower overlooking the town. The fame of its ten bells dates from the wars between Spaniards and Moors in which “Arcos of the Frontier” received its name. After its capture by Alphonso the Wise of Castile (1252-1284), the town was a Christian stronghold on the borders of Moorish territory. Another church contains several Moorish banners, taken in 1483 at the battle of Zahara, a neighboring village. The ruined citadel, the theatre, and the palace of the dukes of Arcos are the only other noteworthy buildings. Roman remains have been found in the vicinity, and the ridge of Arcos is honeycombed with rock-hewn chambers, said to be ancient cave-dwellings. See Galeria de Arcobricenses illustres (Arcos, 1892), and Riqueza y culture de Arcos de la Frontera (Arcos, 1898) ; both by M. Mancheiio y Olivares.

Contents 1 Geographic limits 2 Demographics 3 Monuments 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Geographic limits

• To the North: Espera and Bornos.
• To the South: San José del Valle and Algar.
• To the East: Prado del Rey and El Bosque.
• To the West: Jerez de la Frontera.

[edit] Demographics

Demographic evolution of Arcos de la Frontera between 1999 and 2005

1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
27,948	27,979	28,104	28,369	28,735	29,079	29,420

Source: INE (Spain)

[edit] Monuments

• Castillo de Arcos (fifteenth-century castle)
• Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción (church built between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries)
• Convento de San Agustín (convent built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries)
• Iglesia de San Pedro (church built between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries)
• Ayuntamiento (seventeenth-century city hall)
• Iglesia de San Francisco (church built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries))
• Iglesia de la Caridad (church built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries))

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Arcos de la Frontera
• Satellite image from Google Local

v • d • e Municipalities of Cádiz

Alcalá de los Gazules · Alcalá del Valle · Algar · Algeciras · Algodonales · Arcos de la Frontera · Barbate · Benalup-Casas Viejas · Benaocaz · Bornos · Castellar de la Frontera · Chiclana de la Frontera · Chipiona · Conil de la Frontera · Cádiz · El Bosque · El Gastor · El Puerto de Santa María · Espera · Grazalema · Jerez de la Frontera · Jimena de la Frontera · La Línea de la Concepción · Los Barrios · Medina-Sidonia · Olvera · Paterna de Rivera · Prado del Rey · Puerto Real · Puerto Serrano · Rota · San Fernando · San José del Valle · San Roque · Sanlúcar de Barrameda · Setenil de las Bodegas · Tarifa · Torre Alháquime · Trebujena · Ubrique · Vejer de la Frontera · Villaluenga del Rosario · Villamartín · Zahara de la Sierra

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Coordinates: 36°45′N, 5°48′W

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