Alaró
| Alaró | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| — Municipality and town — | |||
.jpg) |
|||
|
|||
 |
|||
 Alaró
|
|||
| Coordinates: 39°42′24″N 2°47′27″E / 39.70667°N 2.79083°ECoordinates: 39°42′24″N 2°47′27″E / 39.70667°N 2.79083°E | |||
| Country |  Spain |
||
| Autonomous community |  Balearic Islands |
||
| Province | Balearic Islands | ||
| Island | Majorca | ||
| Comarca | Raiguer | ||
| Judicial district | Inca | ||
| Government | |||
| • Alcalde | Joan Simonet Pons (2007) (PP) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 45.72 km2 (17.7 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 252 m (827 ft) | ||
| Population (2008) | |||
| • Total | 5,178 | ||
| • Density | 113.3/km2 (293.3/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Alaroner, alaronera | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 07340 | ||
| Official language(s) | |||
| Website | Official website | ||
Alaró is a small municipality in the district of Raiguer on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Contents |
[edit] History
Its origin dates back to the Islamic period. The documented history begins in the thirteenth century, during the reconquest of Mallorca, with its Castillo de Alaro being the center of this. The Castillo de Alaro was built by Christian inhabitants to ward off invasions from pirates.
The town was the first to have an urban electricity network on the island, this event happened August 15, 1901. Currently, electric distribution is unified with the rest of the island, but as a sign of how important it was for the island of Mallorca, on May 8, 2000, the Consell Insular de Mallorca marked the tower of the old factory as a monument of cultural interest.[1]
[edit] Geography
Alaró is bounded by Buñola, Escorca, Lloseta, Mancor de la Vall, Binissalem, Consell and Santa María del Camí.
[edit] Economy
One of the most important economic activities in Alaró for years was the shoe industry. Alaró municipality once had up to 30 factories and more than 2000 people dedicated to this activity. Today, that economic activity has been reduced to a minimum, with only one major company in that sector. There were also important lignite mines, now closed, relevant to the activities of electricity generation and distribution. For some time they belonged to the electric company GESA (now part of the Endesa group).
Today, the town of Alaro, like many others on the island has become commuter town, with most of its inhabitants working in the capital of the island (Palma de Mallorca).
[edit] References
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alaró |
