Els Poblets (), also known as ''Setla, Mira-rosa i Miraflor'', is a municipality in the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wi ...

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. It is situated in the north of the

province of Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the Valencian Community. It is the second most populated Valencian province. Likewise, the second and third biggest cities in the Valencian Community (Alica ...

. The population is 3,708 (INE 2007).

Geography

Els Poblets is located in a plain formed by alluvial soils of the Girona river. It spans about 1 km of coastline on the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...

and contains the beach of Almadraba. The municipality is bordered by Denia and

El Verger El Verger (; es, Vergel ) is a town of 4,992 inhabitants situated 3 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and 8 kilometres from Dénia, in the Comarca of Marina Alta, Valencian Community, Spain. The main attractions are the Main Street, two med ...

. The average temperature ranges from 11 degrees in January to 25 in July, the average rainfall is 600 mm a year.

History

Although Els Poblets has its origin in an old farm founded after the Muslim conquest, which was later incorporated into the Christian domain of

Dénia Dénia ( es, Denia) is a historical coastal city in the province of Alicante, Spain, on the Costa Blanca halfway between Alicante and Valencia, and the capital and judicial seat of the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta. Denia's historical heritage ...

, there are remains of older populations. In the Roman site of Almadrava several houses belonging to a pottery were found, along with clay deposits, workshops and rooms for the workers. Towards the 16th century Miraflor was owned by the lords of Perpignan. It subsequently became the home of the Cardona noblemen. It was a place inhabited by

morisco Moriscos (, ; pt, mouriscos ; Spanish for "Moorish") were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Roman Catholic church and the Spanish Crown commanded to convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed the open ...

s, which in 1609 had a total of 85 houses, after their expulsion a repopulation with people from Mallorca was carried out. Mira-rosa and Miraflor merged into one single municipality in 1971. On November 25 of 1991, by Decree 216/91 of the Council of the Generalitat Valenciana, it was agreed to change the name of the town to ''Els Poblets'', as it was popularly known.

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* Municipalities in the Province of Alicante {{Valencia-geo-stub