Villarrobledo (Spanish pronunciation:[biʎaroˈβleðo]) is a Spanish city and municipality in theprovince ofAlbacete, part of theautonomous community ofCastilla-La Mancha. It's better known for having the world's largest area covered byvineyards (more than 30,000has., approximately 48,000,000 ofvines) as well as the world's greatest production ofLa Mancha wine, called in SpanishDenominación de Origen. Also, it is an important center ofManchego cheese production and export and has other important industries like metallurgy and transportation.
Villarrobledo has aclimate that registers extreme temperatures: very low in winter (there have been produced values below −20°) and very high in summer (over 40°). The dominant winds areSolano (from the east) in summer,Cierzo (cold wind from the northwest) in winter andÁbrego (from the southwest) throughout the year. Regardless of these contrasts, the winter cold and the summer heat are dry. Spring and autumn are agreeable.
2005 CLIMATIC DATA (Juanaco place's observatory)[2]
Slight rainfall takes place during spring and at the end of autumn. The annual rainfall average is 39.02 mm. In the summer, rains appear as large isolated storms. Snowfall is not exceptionally great and occurs in December and January, and occasionally in the spring.
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de España (Spanish National Institute of Statistics)
Population: 26,686 inhabitants.
Demonymes: (In Spanish)Villarrobletano/a orVillarrobledense. Also correct areVillarrobledano/a andVillarrobletense, though they have minor use.Troyano (trojan) is colloquial andAgualubio/a is derogatory.[citation needed]
Neighborhoods: Asturias (Pío XII), Centro, Juan Valero, San Antón, Socuéllamos, Virgen de la Caridad (Casas Baratas) and Pintores.
At present, there is a notable population increase by the massive immigration of citizens of East Europe. ACity Council study in 2006 found the number of immigrants to be 3,324 persons, of whom 2,011 (60.50%) are men, and 1,313 (39.50%) women, arriving from 43 different countries. The ten countries that contribute most to immigration areRomania,Ukraine,Morocco,Moldavia,Colombia,Paraguay,Bolivia,Ecuador,Bulgaria andPeru.
The present location of Villarrobledo dates from 1292, according to diverse historical sources. In its history, vestiges of almost all the historical cultures that have existed in theIberian Peninsula have existed in Villarrobledo, all the way from thePaleolithic to the present.
There are many fortified settlements from theBronze Age, especially in the south zone of the municipal area, related to theBronze Culture of La Mancha orMotillas Culture
...Ergávica, insigne capital de valeroso distrito en el extremo de la Celtiberia, y silla episcopal en tiempo de los godos con el nombre de Arcávica. Dilatábase ... su territorio, ... al Sur, en ... Casa de Lipa, cerca deVillarrobledo... Mi estudio..., ha puesto en claro estas reducciones geográficas...
— Aureliano Fernández- Guerra y Orbe,Una Tésera celtíbera. -Datos sobre las ciudades celtibéricas de Ergávica, Munda, Cértima y Contrebia
