Yegen
Yegen is a village of the municipality of Alpujarra de la Sierra in the province of Granada. The village was the home of the British writer Gerald Brenan in the 1920s, and he described its customs in South from Granada, one of his best-known books.
Photo: Laherrumbre, Public domain.- Type: Hamlet with 356 residents
- Description: human settlement in Granada Province, Spain
- Postal code: 18460
Places of Interest
Highlights: Iglesia de Yegen and Iglesia Parroquial de San José.
Iglesia Parroquial de San José
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yátor and Mecina Bombarón.
Yegen
- Categories: single entity of population and locality
- Location: Alpujarra de la Sierra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
36.98271° or 36° 58′ 58″ north
Longitude
-3.11873° or 3° 7′ 7″ west
Population
356
Elevation
1,038 metres (3,406 feet)
Open location code
8C8RXVMJ+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Yegen” goes by many names.
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