Fuente Obejuna is a Spanish town in the province of Córdoba, autonomous community of Andalusia. The municipality has a population of around 5,000 inhabitants. Fuente Obejuna is located 98 km from the provincial capital, Córdoba. It was made famous by Lope de Vega's play Fuenteovejuna about the uprising that took place there in 1476.
Etymology Although Fuente Obejuna is the official name, the town is also known as Fuente Ovejuna and Fuenteovejuna. Before the creation of the Real Academia Española, the use of "b" and "v" was different from what it is today, and because of that fact Fuente Obejuna can be written in several ways, Some people have related the name of this town to the Roman villa Fons Mellaria ("honey fountain", whence the Spanish demonym mellarienses) that was situated in the municipality of Fuente Obejuna, 5 km from the urban area, at Masatrigos hill, a place where Roman remains have been found. From this name Fuente Abejuna ("bee fountain") was derived and then Fuente Obejuna.
Demography There are 14 pedanías that belong to Fuente Obejuna's municipality: Alcornocal Argallón Cañada del Gamo La Cardenchosa Coronada Cuenca Los Morenos Navalcuervo Ojuelos Altos Ojuelos Bajos Los Pánchez Piconcillo El Porvenir Posadilla
Number of residents in 1996-2006: + Demographic trends1996199719981999200020012002200320042005 6.711 6.695 6.032 5.890 5.817 5.743 5.615 5.530 5.434 5.409
See also List of municipalities in Córdoba Fuenteovejuna Sierra Boyera Reservoir
References
External links
Fuente Obejuna - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía