Campillos

Campillos
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Campillos Location in Andalusia
Campillos Location in Spain
Coordinates:
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Province of Málaga
Comarca	Antequera
Government
• PSOE	Jesús Galeote Albarrán
Area
• Total	188 km2 (73 sq mi)
Elevation	461 m (1,512 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,707
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Campillero
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	29320
Website	http://www.campillos.es

Campillos is a municipality and town in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located northwest of the province in the comarca of Guadalteba and within the judicial district of Antequera. The municipality is situated approximately 30 kilometers from Antequera and 70 from the provincial capital. It covers an area of 188 km² extending from grain fields and olive groves and includes several lakes inhabited by flamingos and storks.

It has a population of approximately 8,000 residents. The parish church Our Lady of Repose, Iglesia Parroquial Nuestra Señora del Reposo, near the plaza is a major attraction. The natives are called Campilleros.

Campillos was founded in 1492.

Geography

Campillos is part of the comarca of Guadalteba, together with the municipalities of Almargen, Ardales, Cañete La Real, Carratraca, Cuevas del Becerro, Sierra de Yeguas and Teba.

It is a part of the municipality that belonged to the old municipality of Peñarrubia, which disappeared in the seventies due to the construction of the reservoir of Guadalteba.

Flora and fauna

Most of the land is covered by olive groves and cereal fields on its flat side and the mountains are dominated by scrub and woodland.