Villena

Villena is a town in Spain, within the Valencian Community. It is located on the northwest a part of Alicante, and borders to the west with Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia, to the north with the province of Valencia and to the east and south with the province of Alicante. It is the capital of the comarca of the Alto Vinalopo. The municipality has an area of 345.6 km and a population of 34,928 inhabitants as of INE 2008. There is proof of settlement in the region from Middle Paleolithic. However, it's far on dispute if the modern-day city dates from visigothic times or earlier than, despite the fact that genuinely it existed in the 11th century, sooner or later of the Muslim period. After the Christian conquest, it have become Seigneury, Principality, Duchy and ultimately Marquisate, till the humans, recommended through the Catholic Monarchs, revolted in opposition to the marquis.

In 1525 Charles V conceded the call of City to Villena. This is the maximum economically wealthy duration, as proven by means of the use of the monuments that survived to these days. Although a railway station grow to be inaugurated in 1858, economic device saved being especially agricultural until the rural exode that took place in the 1960s. Then, the monetary model changed all at once so that presently financial machine is primarily based particularly on tertiary region and enterprise, particularly shoes, creation and fixtures. The financial device of the city is primarily based on footwear like within the neighbouring cities of Elda and Novelda, pottery, furnitures and wines.