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Llíber is a village in the province of Alicante and autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 21.9 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) and as of 2011 had a population of 1070 people.^[1]

Lady Elizabeth School, a British international school, has its senior school campus in Llíber.^[2]

Geography[edit]

Llíber is a municipality of Valencia , Spain. It is located in the north-east of the province of Alicante, within the region of the Marina Alta . It has 1,099 inhabitants, of which 62.80% are of foreign nationality. ( National Institute of Statistics-Spain 2015.)
Lliber is bordered by the neighbourhood Penya Roja to the north. Lloma Llarga and Tossal del Cau light further to the south.
Liber is accessed, by highway, through N-332 which leads in Benisa to the CV-745.
Lliber borders the municipalities of Alcalalí , Benissa , Gata de Gorgos , Jalón , Pedreguer and Senija .

History[edit]

Located to the north of the municipal area, is the Iberian town of Pozo de Gata. The Iberians used to build their settlements in high places in order to obtain a better defence against their enemies. For this same reason, they also walled them.
Llíber and the surrounding lands were conquered in 1256 by King James I of Aragon.
The lady Constance of Sicily enjoyed the Llíber incomes until November 1300, when James II transferred the incomes to those of those of Pego and Vall de Uxó .
From 1413 until 1444 Liber was part of the dominion of the Martorell, lineage to which belonged the famous novelist, Joanot Martorell.
In 1444 the town of Llíber was sold at auction at the request of the creditors of Galceran Martorell.
The purchasers were Gonzalo de Híjar, Comendador de Montalbán, and his wife, Inés de Portugal.
On September 12 1444, Gonzalo de Hijar, sold Llíber to his son Pedro.
Later it belonged to the Duke of Almodóvar.
In 1609 , Lliber had 25 houses and was an annex of Xaló which became independent.
Until 1707 Lliber belonged to the government of Xàtiva (Júcar), Which until 1833 was part of the government (township) of Dénia.

Agriculture[edit]

More than half of the term remains uncultivated, with dryland agriculture predominating in the cultivated areas, cereals, grapes, and almonds being the most prominent crops.

References[edit]

Coordinates: 38°45′N 0°01′E / 38.750°N 0.017°E / 38.750; 0.017

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