Key facts
- Country
- Spain
- Autonomous community
- La Rioja
- Comarca
- Arnedo
- Mayor
- Víctor Manuel Rada Resano ( PP )
- Total
- 54.78 km (21.15 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 492 m (1,614 ft)
- Website
- www .quel .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Quel
- Country
- Spain
- Located in
- La Rioja
- Population
- 2128
- Area
- 54.78
- Elevation
- 490
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Grávalos
- Official website
- www.quel.org
- Image
- Quel desde la ermita.PNG
- Licence plate code
- LO
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- postal code
- 26570
- Commons category
- Quel
- Commons gallery
- Quel
- male population
- 1081
- female population
- 977
- P8168
- Peyami Safa
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Encyclopedic overview
Quel is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 54.78 square kilometres (21.15 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 2096 people.
Quel is known for its castle, which overlooks the town from atop a steep hill. The village's name is derived from the Arabic قَلْعَة (qalat), meaning "castle" or "fortress."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Quel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.