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Ricote is a Spanish municipality in the autonomous community of Murcia. It has a population of 1,509 (2004) and an area of 87.7 km².[2]

Ricote
Municipality
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Location in Murcia
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Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Region of Murcia
Province	Region of Murcia
Area
• Total	86.7 km2 (33.5 sq mi)
Elevation (AMSL)	297 m (974 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	1,301
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2))
Area code	+34 (Spain) + 968 (Murcia)
Website	Official website

Ricote had a community of Moriscos until their expulsion from Spain in 1609. Govert Westerveld [3] and Francisco Márquez Villanueva[4] believe that the name of the Morisco character Ricote in Don Quixote is derived from the village.

Demographics

3.79% of the inhabitants were foreigners in 2019.2.21% are Africans, 1.34% are Americans and 3 Asian people reside in Ricote.[5] The table below shows the population trends.

	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2011
Population[6]	2,604	3,022	2,819	2,956	2,929	2,928	2,743	2,320	1,7714	1,689	1,556	1,461

Economy

23.2% of the surface is utilised as crop lands. The most widely grown products are the almonds, the lemons and the olives.[7][8] 48.21 agreements were written for jobs in agriculture and fishing sector in 2019, and 35.16% were signed by crop lands labourers in the second half of 2016. 46.87% were written by enterprises of the service sector, and 13.19% were signed by waiters. Only 1.78% of the agreements occurred in the industry sector.[9][10] Since the onset of Covid in 2018 the local economy in Ricote Valley has been growing as rentals of rural houses with no neighbours has become a source of income for locals. Thanks to apps like booking.com, airbnb, and Spaniards' desire to vacation without neighbours this region of Spain has experienced a small boom in its economy. There are, as of January 2021, 298 country houses for rent, more than in any other part of Spain. As well since 2020 the building industry has taken notice of the post covid trend to build bedroom communities in the Ricote valley where Murcia residents live all year, not just on weekends or summer. The travel is 35 minutes to Murcia city.

Facilities

The municipality is home to a consultorio[11](a primary care centre with the fewest functions),[12] an early childhood and primary education centre[13] and a library.[14]

Main sights

Some buildings with architectural and history values are listed below:[15]

• Palacio de la Encomienda de Santiago
• Palacio de Llamas: It was built in 1702.
• San Sebastián Parish Church: It was built in the 18 century.

References

This article contains information from the Spanish Wikipedia article Ricote, accessed on January 10, 2008.

На других языках

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[de] Ricote

Ricote ist ein südspanischer Ort und eine aus dem Hauptort und etwa einem Dutzend Weilern (aldeas) bestehende Gemeinde (municipio) mit insgesamt 1.264 Einwohnern (Stand: 1. Januar 2019) im Zentrum der Provinz Murcia in der gleichnamigen autonomen Region Murcia.

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- [en] Ricote

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[es] Ricote

Ricote es un municipio español de la Región de Murcia, cabeza de la histórica comarca murciana del Valle de Ricote.

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[ru] Рикоте

Рикоте (исп. Ricote) — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Мурсия в составе автономного сообщества Мурсия. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Валье-де-Рикоте. Занимает площадь 144,0 км². Население 1 264 человека (на 2019 год)[2].

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