Dúrcal

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Dúrcal

Total population

6,786

Coordinates36.99°, -3.57°

Demographic figures from INE (Spain). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dúrcal with a population of 7,286 (2012) is a Spanish municipality located in the north-eastern part of the Valle de Lecrín in the Province of Granada, one of the 51 entities that make up the metropolitan area of Granada. It borders the municipalities of Dílar, Lanjarón, Nigüelas, Villamena, and the Padul. Other nearby towns are Padul and Mondújar. The council consists of durqueño nuclei Dúrcal, which is the capital district Lecrín Valley, and Marchena. Much of its township is located in the Sierra Nevada National Park.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Juan José Bonel y Orbe

Spanish politician (1782-1857)

José Mariano Vallejo

Spanish mathematician and politician (1779-1846)

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José Antonio García García

Spanish singer

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Santiago Martínez Cabrejas

Spanish lawyer and politician (1948-2015)

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José Heredia Maya

Spanish writer and poet (1947-2010)

Édouard Martin

French politician

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Gabriel Reguero

Spanish cyclist

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Victor Martín

Spanish swimmer

J

José Gutiérrez

Spanish writer

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Pepa Merlo

Spanish writer

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Rafael Serrano Valls

Spanish military personnel

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Gonzalo Muñoz Ruiz

Spanish politician

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Rafael Jiménez Almazán

Spanish footballer (1947-2020)

Gerardo Miguel Nieves Loja

Ecuadorian Roman-Catholic priest

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Josefa González Aguado

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José Caba

Spanish Jesuit theologian (1931-2012)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Andalusia

• Padul
  4.1 mi away · pop. 8,112
• Restábal
  4.1 mi away · pop. 357
• Albuñuelas
  5.2 mi away · pop. 672
• Dílar
  6.2 mi away · pop. 2,288
• Lanjarón
  6.8 mi away · pop. 3,261
• Gójar
  8.3 mi away · pop. 6,238
• Cáñar
  8.8 mi away · pop. 258
• Soportújar
  9.8 mi away · pop. 236
• Carataunas
  9.8 mi away · pop. 108
• Órgiva
  9.9 mi away · pop. 3,553
• Cájar
  10.1 mi away · pop. 5,510
• Guájar Faragüit
  10.2 mi away · pop. 504

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Crimson-speckled Flunkey

Utetheisa pulchella

Seen 2026-09-21

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Seen 2026-09-21

Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

Seen 2026-09-21

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Seen 2026-09-21

Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

Seen 2026-09-21

Black Collar Moth

Dichagyris flammatra

Seen 2026-09-19

Pine-borer

Chalcophora mariana

Seen 2026-09-19

Grayling

Hipparchia semele

Seen 2026-09-19

Viperine Snake

Natrix maura

Seen 2026-09-18

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).