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Lepe is a Spanish town in the province of Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is near the Portuguese border. According to the 2009 census, the city has a population of 25,886 inhabitants.

Lepe
Municipality
Plaza España, Lepe
Flag Seal
Lepe Location in Spain.
Coordinates: 37°15′15″N 7°12′12″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Huelva
Comarca	Costa Occidental
Government
• Mayor	Manuel Andrés González
Area
• Total	129 km2 (50 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	27,047
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demonym	Leperos
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	Official website

Economy

Until the late 1970s its economy was based on fishing but Lepe is now one of the wealthiest villages in the region thanks to its intensive farming of strawberries, which are exported all over Europe.

Lepe is known for its strawberries, and for Spanish jokes referring to its inhabitants as stupid.[2]

History

Although deposits of Neolithic and Bronze Age have been found, there is no evidence of stable settlements in the municipality of Lepe. The influence of the Tartessian people did not arrive to Lepe, except for a meager remains in the Tower of Catalan pointing to the silver trade. During the initial period of Roman rule, Lepe there was a rustic villa. There were fish farms at the present location of Lepe, Valsequillo and El Terrón. The retreat of the coast caused the abandonment of the settlement of Valsequillo, while fishing by El Terrón has continued until today. It is during the heyday of Roman rule when it blooms Lepe settlement located in a small village, linked to farming their fields and fishing port of El Terron. Based on classical texts, several authors have identified the current location of Lepe settlements with Laipe Megala (Rodrigo Caro, 1634), Laepa (García y Bellido, 1947; G. Bonsor, JP and E. Garrido Orta, 1922) and Praesidium (Luzon, 1975). Of all these options is Laepa which has more support among historians, although as a small country villa rather than a village itself. It is after the second wave of Arab conquests when Lepe becomes the economic center of the area, growing from a small farmhouse to a "city about the Ocean Sea," as was described by the geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi later in the 1229. The name given during the period of Arab rule is Labb, which derives in the current name.

Several of Lepe’s former inhabitants played an important part in Christopher Columbus’s discovery of the Americas, as the sailor Rodrigo de Triana was the first to sight the coast of the Americas.

In the late 16th century, Marcos Alonzo left Lepe and settled in what is today the Mexican state of Durango, beginning a line of descendants, including Cpt. Blas Maria de la Garza Falcón, a conquistador of the state of Nuevo León.

Main sights

In the village is the 14th-century Iglesia de Santo Domingo de Guzmán built in the Mudéjar style. It houses Lepe's patron saint, the Virgen de la Bella (Beautiful Virgin). Just outside the village, off the road to El Terrón, is the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Bella, a 14th-century hermitage dedicated to the Virgin. On the second Saturday in May there is a pilgrimage from Lepe to the hermitage, where the figure of the Virgen de la Bella is carried from the Iglesia de Santo Domingo to the Ermita.

Built under Philip II of Spain is the Torre del Catalán, a 16th-century lookout tower, used to warn of an impending invasion by Berber pirates. One can climb the tower for views of a nature reserve, the Paraje Natural Marismas del Río Piedras y la Flecha del Rompido.

Lepe's main beach is La Antilla, 5 km south of Lepe. Located 5 km northeast of La Antilla and 5 km south of Lepe is the small fishing port of El Terrón. It has fine views across to El Rompido and the a nature reserve of the Marismas del Río Piedras. At El Terron is also the environmentally educational Aula Marina de El Terrón (El Terrón Marine Centre).

Lepe's wines, which were exported to England in the Middle Ages, were mentioned in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.[3]

Sport

Lepe is home to San Roque de Lepe who play in the third division of Spanish football in the Segunda División B Group 4. The club play at Estadio Ciudad de Lepe, a purpose built stadium opened in 2011.

Twin towns

• Lagoa, Portugal
• Tomelloso, Spain
• Fetești, România

References

External links

• Official website
• Lepe - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
• Asociación Naturista de Lepe ANUDENU

На других языках

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[de] Lepe

Lepe ist eine kleine Gemeinde in der spanischen Provinz Huelva in Andalusien. Sie hat 27.431 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2019) und liegt etwa sechs Kilometer von der Atlantikküste entfernt unweit der portugiesischen Grenze. Das Stadtgebiet umfasst 124,78 km².

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- [en] Lepe

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[es] Lepe

Lepe es una ciudad y municipio español de la provincia de Huelva, Andalucía. Según el INE, en 2020 contaba con una población de 27 880 habitantes.[1] Su extensión superficial es de 127,94 km² y tiene una densidad de 217,91 hab./km². Es el municipio más poblado de la provincia tras la capital.

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[ru] Лепе

Лепе (исп. Lepe) — город и муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Уэльва, в составе автономного сообщества Андалусия. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Коста-Оксиденталь. Занимает площадь 129 км². Население — 26 763 человека (на 2010 год). Расстояние — 41 км до административного центра провинции.

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