Puente Genil (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwente xeˈnil]) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Córdoba, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated about 45 miles (70 km) from the provincial capital, Córdoba. It has a population of around 30,000.
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  Puente Genil Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 37°23′0″N 4°46′0″W / 37.38333°N 4.76667°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Córdoba |
| Area | |
• Total | 171.05 km2 (66.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population (2025-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 29,963 |
| • Density | 175.17/km2 (453.69/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pontanés/a, pontano/a, pontanense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14500 |
| Website | Official website |
Geography
editThe municipality largely features a gentle relief,[2] interrupted by the Sierra del Castillo, Sierra Gorda, and Sierra del Niño hill ranges.[3] At 511 metres above sea level, Peñarrubia (in Sierra del Castillo) is the highest point in the municipality.[3] The river Genil crosses the municipality from southeast to northwest.[4] The urban development straddles the river, with the neighborhood of Miragenil standing in the opposite bank relative to the bulk of housing.[5]
History
editThe municipal limits attests Roman occupation in the site of Fuente Álamo (to the NE of the current housing), including a balneum from the Julio-Claudian period and a villa from the Low Roman Empire.[6] The area belonged to the Conventus Iuridicus Astigitanus.[7]
Both Pontón de Don Gonzalo (aka La Puente de Don Gonzalo) and Miragenil were 13th-century Christian establishments.[8] Pontón de Don Gonzalo was first mentioned in a 1262 document, as it was gifted to a Portuguese ricohombre.[9] Population of Pontón boomed in the 16th century, specially in its first half, and a stone bridge started building in 1561.[10]
The current municipality of Puente Genil was formed upon the merging of La Puente de Don Gonzalo with Miragenil in 1834.[11] Puente Genil underwent an important industrialisation process in the late 19th century, standing out in the food industry in relation to membrillo confection.[12]
Description
editThe town is an agricultural centre, also known for its Semana Santa celebration, contracted in the local vernacular to "mananta".
Parish church of La Purificación
Mosaic of the Three Graces
Religious procession
An aerial view of the town and surrounding countryside
Transport
editPuente Genil is served by Puente Genil-Herrera railway station, around 4 km from the town centre on the AVE high-speed rail line from Madrid to Málaga.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ National Statistics Institute (13 December 2025). "Municipal Register of Spain of 2025".
- ↑ Esojo Aguilar 1990, p. 54.
- 1 2 Górriz, Rocío (15 July 2023). "La tres sierras de la Ruta Gris de Puente Genil". El Día de Córdoba. Grupo Joly.
- ↑ Esojo Aguilar, Francisco (1990). "Informe de la prospección superficial en el término de Puente Genil (Córdoba)" (PDF). Anuario Arqueológico de Andalucía / 1988. Vol. 2. Seville: Consejería de Cultura y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía. Dirección General de Bienes Culturales. p. 54. ISBN 84-87004-13-X.
- ↑ Treinta años de Política Agraria Común en España. Agricultura y multifuncionalidad en el contexto de la nueva ruralidad. Ciudad Real: Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles (Grupo de Geografía Rural). 2016. p. 778. ISBN 978-84-87087-03-5.
- ↑ López Palomo 2015, pp. 295–296.
- ↑ López Palomo, Luis Alberto (2015). "Balneum y Villa. La secuencia romana de Fuente Álamo (Puente Genil, Córdoba)". Romula (12–13). Seville: Universidad Pablo de Olavide: 296. ISSN 1695-4076.
- ↑ Fernández Cacho et al. 2010, p. 125.
- ↑ Illanes Velasco, Antonio José (2009). "Puente del Genil". Crónica de Córdoba y sus Pueblos. XVI. Córdoba: Asociación Provincial Cordobesa de Cronistas Oficiales. p. 631. ISBN 978-84-613-6617-0.
- ↑ Illanes Velasco 2009, p. 632.
- ↑ Esojo Aguilar, Francisco (2017). "El Museo Histórico Local de Puente Genil (Córdoba)" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 35. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional: 241. ISSN 2341-3409.
- ↑ Fernández Cacho et al. 2010, pp. 126–127.
- ↑ Laguna de Tiscar - Ayuntamiento de Puente Genil
Bibliography
edit- Fernández Cacho, Silvia; Fernández Salinas, Víctor; Hernández León, Elodia; López Martín, Esther; Quintero Morón, Victoria; Rodrigo Cámara, José María; Zarza Balluguera, Daniel (2010). "Campiña de Córdoba". Paisajes y patrimonio cultural en Andalucía. Tiempo, usos e imágenes (PDF). Vol. 1. Seville: Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico. ISBN 978-84-9959-024-0.
External links
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Media related to Puente Genil at Wikimedia Commons- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 634.
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