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Bayárcal
The highest municipality in the province
The highest municipality in the province of Almería, at 1,255 metres above sea level. A mountain village on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada.
Key facts
- Population
- 296 inhabitants
- Area
- 37 km²
- Altitude
- 1,255 m
Story and present
No municipality in the province of Almería sits higher than Bayárcal: 1,255 metres above sea level on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Here the Almería Alpujarra turns into high mountain country, a world away from the beaches and greenhouses that dominate the province’s image.
From the land and the table
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