A walk in the wilds - with thoughts of the provinces.

 We are walking along the path less streetviewed. We will get back to the civilised world at the end of this so lets step out with a song on our lips and hope for the best.



We won’t be going to the Castillo de Feli but we will be near it.   According to Ramon ‘Fantastic route through the Almenara that culminates at the 12th-century Feli Castle. It's well worth the trip; it's very easy and suitable for the whole family. But if you go, be careful. Don't climb the walls. They're 900-year-old rammed earth. The wood is still preserved. He took some photos.’  




I can’t find much more.  There are some trench lines left over from the Civil War.

What shall we do for the rest of the day.  Let’s get provincial.



The pattern of provinces have ancestry into the early Middle Ages. This is shown when you get those wonderfully silly bits of territory which are enclaves within other provinces.  In 1833 the current pattern was set - although the Canary Islands were divided in two  afterwards.




The Autonomous Communities vary. Some have a single province.  Some have many.  Here is a list.  Castile & Leon [9], Andalusia [8], Castile-La Mancha [5], Catalonia [4], Galicia [4]. Aragon [3]. Basque Country [3], Valenican Community [3],Extremadura [2],Canary Islands [2]  Asturias [1], Balearic Islands [1], Cantabria [1, La Rioja [1], Madrid [1], Murcia [1] and Navarre [1]



The most populous provinces are Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante and Seville. The least settled on the mainland are Soria, Teruel, Segovia and Palencia.



Badajoz, Cáceres, Ciudad Real, Zaragoza and Cuenca are the largest and Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Alicante are the smallest.  Murcia is 7th smallest.  Galicia has the longest coastline. Gipuzkoa has the smallest coastline for a province with a coast - 66km.


That’s it. Use this knowledge wisely. Squander it at your peril.




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