Alarcón

Also known as Alarcon

Alarcón is a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Alarcón
Settlement.image_flag: Bandera de Alarcón.png
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Alarcón.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Alarcón in Spain.
Settlement.image_skyline: Hoz del río Júcar en Alarcón 01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: General view of Alarcón.
Settlement.elevation_m: 831
Settlement.pushpin_map: Spain
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Autonomous community
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: 23px|border Cuenca
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Comarca
Settlement.subdivision_name3: La Manchuela
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Pedro María Párraga Villajos
Settlement.area_total_km2: 120
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Geography
Demographics
History
Notable people
Government
Monuments
Castle of Alarcón
Church of Santo Domingo de Silos
Art Center – The Murals of Alarcón; Old Church of San Juan Bautista
Church of the Santa Trinidad
Church of Santa María del Campo
See also
Notes
References
External links

Alarcón is a municipality in the province of Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

==Geography== Located 87 kilometers (54 miles) south of the city of Cuenca, Alarcón spans an area of 120 km2 (50 sq mi) at an elevation of 831 meters (2,726 feet). It is situated on a promontory within a closed bend of the Júcar. Not far downstream from the Alarcón Dam, an important reservoir, the town also has the smaller Dam of Henchidero at its doorstep.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alarcón” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.