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Villarrobledo: town hall
Town hall of Villarrobledo, Spain.
Villarrobledo
city, Spain
Villarrobledo, city, Albacete provincia (province), in CastileāLa Mancha comunidad autĆ³noma (autonomous community), south-central Spain. It lies northwest of Albacete city on the plateau of La Mancha. The centre of a cattle-raising area, Villarrobledo also produces wine, cheese, cereals, and esparto fibre. The city was founded in the 13th century and named for a forest of oak trees (robles) in the vicinity. During the First Carlist War (1833ā39), it was the scene of a battle (Sept. 20, 1836) in which government troops under Gen. Isidro Alaix defeated Carlist leader Miguel GĆ³mez. Pop. (2008 est.) 26,306.
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