Cuenca Minera (Huelva)

Cuenca Minera
Country Spain
Autonomous community Andalusia
ProvinceHuelva
CapitalMinas de Riotinto
Area
 • Total
628 km2 (242 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[note 1]
 • Total
15,019
 • Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Cuenca Minera is a comarca (county) (with no administrative role) in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located in the western part of the province of Huelva, bounded eastwards by the province of Seville, from south by the comarca of El Condado and from north by the Sierra de Huelva.

Municipalities

The comarca includes the following municipalities.[1]

Arms Municipality Area (km2) Population (2024)[2][note 2] Density (/km2)
Berrocal 126.0 288 2.29
Campofrío 48.0 724 15.08
El Campillo 90.72 2,014 22.20
La Granada de Riotinto 44.70 244 5.46
Minas de Riotinto 23.31 3,713 159.29
Nerva 55.0 5,073 92.23
Zalamea la Real 238.86 2,963 12.40
Total 626.59 15,019 23.97

Notes

  1. ^ Census at 1 January 2024, National Statistics Institute (Spain)
  2. ^ Census at 1 January 2024, National Statistics Institute (Spain)

References

  1. ^ García & Delgado 2016, p. 465.
  2. ^ "Huelva: Population by municipality and sex. (2874)". INE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-07-19.

Bibliography

  • García, Francisco Javier; Delgado, Aquilino (2016). "Patrimonio y Turismo en la Cuenca Minera de Riotinto". Río Tinto. Historia, patrimonio minero y turismo cultural (in Spanish). Universidad de Huelva/ Fundación Río Tinto.


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