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Villamalur
municipality
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Villamalur is located in Spain
Villamalur
Villamalur
Location in Spain
Country Spain
Autonomous community Valencian Community
Province Castellón
Comarca Alto Mijares
Area
 • Total 19.50 km2 (7.53 sq mi)
Elevation
644 m (2,113 ft)
Population
 • Total KIDDLE_IB
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)

Villamalur is a municipality in the comarca of Alto Mijares, province of Castellón, Valencian Community, southern Spain.

Sights include the castle, with an irregularly polygonal plan (10th–13th century)

History

The origins of the town are unknown, although it has been supposed that it grew around the Moorish castle located nearby. In 1236 it was part of the possessions of Zayd Abu Zayd, the last Almohad governor of Valencia. Later it was a center of the Moriscos, but after their suppression it was repopulated by people from Castile during the first half of the 17th century.

See also

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