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Hellín is a city and municipality of Spain located in the province of Albacete, Castilla–La Mancha.[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 781.66 km².[2] As of 1 January 2020, it has a population of 30,200,[2] which makes it the second largest municipality in the province. It belongs to the comarca of Campos de Hellín.

Hellín
Municipality
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Coordinates: 38°31′0″N 1°41′00″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Albacete
Government
• Mayor	Ramón García Rodríguez (PSOE-CLM)
Area
• Total	781.66 km2 (301.80 sq mi)
Elevation	555 m (1,821 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	30,268
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Hellineros or Ilunenses
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	02400
Website	Official website

History

There is an archaeological site at Tolmo de Minateda hill near Hellín, with phases of Iberian, Roman and Visigoth occupation.[3] There are archaeological evidences suggesting that the Minateda site may have stood at some point at the Byzantine side of the limes.[4] A tentative identification with the Iyih mentioned in the Pact of Theodemir has been also proposed.[5] Minateda was thus probably known as Madinat Iyyuh during the Islamic period.[6] The Arabic name of Hellín was however Falyān, which eventually evolved into 'Felín', and then 'Hellín'.[6]

The importance of the Sulfur-rich mining district in the south of the municipality led to the creation of a mining community in the area (Las Minas), that became a leading producer of sulfur in southwestern Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries.[7]

Railway arrived to the town in 1864, with the opening of the Chinchilla–Hellín stretch on 18 January and the Hellín–Agramón [es] stretch on 8 October.[8]

Hellín was granted the title of city (ciudad) in 1898.[9] Esparto cultivation increased in the first decades of the 20th century, peaking in importance during the Autarky period of the Francoist dictatorship, with the expansion of irrigated crops.[10]

Culture

Main celebrations, such as the processions and the traditional tamborada (drumming), declared of international tourist interest, occur during the Holy Week (in Spanish, Semana Santa).

Main sights

• Church of la Asunción

Notable people

• Ginés de Boluda, composer
• Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, biochemist & pharmacologist
• Josico, footballer
• Manuel Castells, sociologist

Twinned cities

• Paysandú, Uruguay

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Abad Casal, Lorenzo; Gutiérrez Lloret, Sonia (1997). "Iyih (El Tolmo de Minateda, Hellín, Albacete): Una Civitas en el Limes visigodo - bizantina". Antigüedad y Cristianismo. Revista de estudios sobre Antigüedad Tardía. Murcia: University of Murcia (14). ISSN 0214-7165.
• Abad Casal, Lorenzo; Gamo Parras, Blanca; Gutiérrez Lloret, Sonia (2004). "El Tolmo de Minateda, Hellín (Albacete)". Investigaciones arqueológicas en Castilla La Mancha : 1996-2002 (PDF). Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. ISBN 84-7788-332-7.
• Losada Azorín, Alfredo Antonio (2002). "La evolución en la población hellinera desde 1875 a 1950". In Panadero Moya, Carlos; Requena Gallego, Manuel (eds.). II Congreso de Historia de Albacete: del 22 al 25 de noviembre de 2000 (PDF). Vol. 4. pp. 147–159. ISBN 84-95394-43-X.
• Mirón López, Manuel (2018). "La Línea Albacete-Cartagena (IV). Duelo de marqueses" (PDF). Arriate. Revista Oficial de la Demarcación de Murcia del Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos (39): 15–19. ISSN 2386-4044.
• Romera Tébar, Cristina (2018). "Valorización de la antigua industria minera del azufre y sus múltiples dimensiones patrimoniales". In Cutillas Orgilés, Ernesto (ed.). Convergencia y transversalidad en humanidades. Actas de las VII Jornadas de Investigación de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Alicante (Alicante, 6 y 7 de abril de 2017) (PDF). Alicante: Universidad de Alicante. pp. 359–366. ISBN 978-84-948233-2-9.

External links

• "Hellín" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911.
• Official website
• Web oficial de Turismo de Hellín

На других языках

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- [en] Hellín

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[es] Hellín

Hellín es un municipio y una ciudad española de la provincia de Albacete, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha, situada al sureste de la península ibérica. Con 30 427 habitantes (INE 2021), es el municipio más poblado de la provincia tras la capital albaceteña.

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[ru] Эльин

Эльи́н (исп. Hellín) — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Альбасете, в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия-Ла-Манча. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Кампос-де-Эльин. Занимает площадь 778,73 км². Население — 31 109 человек (на 2010 год). Расстояние — 60 км до административного центра провинции.

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