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Víznar

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Víznar
toun
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Official seal of Víznar
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Location o Víznar
Location o Víznar
Kintra Spain
Autonomous commonty Andalusie
Province Granada
ComarcaVega de Granada
Area
 • Total13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total789
 • Density60.7/km2 (157/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Víznar is a municipality locatit in the province o Granada, Spain, anerly a few mile frae the ceety o Granada itsel. Accordin tae the 2005 census (INE), the toun haes a population o 789 inhabitants.

Steid o the exquisite neo-classical Simmer palace o 18t-century airchbishop o Granada, Don José Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, (1723–1811), a important figur in the history o Peru, the near-vicinity o Víznar wis the place o execution, in 1936, o the notit Spaingie poet, Federico García Lorca, at the beginnin o the Spaingie Ceevil War.

Coordinates: 37°07′N 03°35′W / 37.117°N 3.583°W / 37.117; -3.583