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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.

Bayárcal

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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