Rute

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Rute

Total population

8,391

Air quality index

29Good

Elevation635 m

Land area132.4 km²

WeatherAvg high 71.4°F

Coordinates37.33°, -4.37°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Rute is a municipality in the province of Córdoba, Spain. It lies between Iznájar to the South East, and Lucena to the North West. Its primary economy centres on the extensive production of foodstuffs including dozens of different makes of anise and traditional Spanish hams. Galleros and Flor de Rute both have their factories there; Galleros being famous for its annual "Belen" - the Nativity Scene made from Chocolate, on view from around 15 October each year, and Flor de Rute for their sugarwork which in 2007 included a sugar life-sized scene of Picasso amongst other characters.

Geography

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

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

José Montilla

Spanish politician

Julio Burell y Cuéllar

Spanish politician and journalist

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Andrés Rosales Muñoz

Spanish politician (1807-1872)

Cristóbal de Castro

Spanish journalist and writer (1874-1953)

Francisco García Roldán

Spanish military member and philanthropist

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Mariano Roldán

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Pepe Risi

Spanish musician

Juan de Dios Ruano

Spanish politician

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Rafael Martínez-Simancas

Spanish journalist

Joaquín Rabasco Ferreira

Spanish politician

Manu Rodríguez

Spanish football player

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Ángeles Mora

Luis de Castro

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José de Casasola y Córdoba

Spanish military personnel

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Juan Matas Caballero

Spanish university teacher

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Carlos Torres Cruz

Spanish politician

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

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Rute

Search results from Open Library.