Gabias, Las
Granada · Andalucía
Las Gabias (commonly referred to as Gabia) is a Spanish city and municipality located in the central southern part of the Vega of Granada, in the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, approximately 8 km from the provincial capital of Granada. It borders the municipalities of Vegas del Genil, Cúllar Vega, Churriana de la Vega, Alhendín, La Malahá, Chimeneas and Santa Fe. Las Gabias includes the localities of "Gabia Grande", the municipal capital, and "Gabia Chica" that were a unified with the region in 1973, in addition to the annexation of Híjar, Los Llanos, Pedro Verde and San Javier. The name may have originated from Hisn Caviar, which means "military tower", in allusion to the one that still exists in Gabia Grande. It is one of the most populous municipalities in Spain as well as one of the youngest, with the median age of inhabitants being only 34.3 years of age. In 2016, the population of Las Gabias surpassed 20,000, making it the third most populous municipality in the Granada Metropolitan Area, surpassed only by Granada and Armilla.
History
To find the first signs of human presence in Las Gabias, we have to go back several thousand years, as confirmed by the ancient "Villa romana de Las Gabias". With Roman domination, the population moves to a nearby area, where there is an important Roman settlement, from which have been discovered the ruins of an oil mill or mill and some dwellings, but the only visible of the area is the Roman Baptistery . Recently Roman remains have been discovered in the annex of Híjar.
In time of Muslim domination Gaviar was denominated Alcobra to the municipality. According to the historian Almagro Cárdenas, the word Gabia comes from Gaviar, which means abundant site in holes, because apparently there existed in this place an Iberian colony destined to exploit the plaster quarries existing in the near "Montevive".
The Muslim occupation, which is shaped in the Tower, an Arab fort raised in the center of the population. Historically, El Torreón played an important role in the defense of the city of Granada: In 1490, was taken by the Christians. That same year, the king Fernando had to demolish it, which did not get to be realized.
The modern history of Las Gabias begins with the Christian reconquest and the repopulation carried out by Felipe II, arriving people from different points of the peninsula.
In the seventeenth century, historians, when mentioning both places, refer to Gavia the Great and Gavia the Girl, replacing in the nineteenth century the "v" by the "b", passing to the definitive name of Gabia Grande, with its annex of Híjar and Gabia Chica, as two independent municipalities, without in any case appearing the name of Las Gabias. Until the 19th century the town belonged to the County of Gavia and in the 19th century was one of the most prosperous and important villages of the province, with the industry of booming textiles and the growing of flax, hemp and beet, until tobacco cultivation was imposed at the beginning of the 20th century. The definitive formation of the municipality of Las Gabias takes place in the year 1.973, with the merger between the old municipalities of Gabia Grande and Gabia Chica.
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Festivals
November 2026
Festivals this month
- No festivals recorded this month.
Rest of the year
- April: Fiesta de La Primavera (8)
- July: Feria de Agosto (31) · Fiestas Patronales (31)
Street market
Mercadillo semanal: Martes, de 09:00 a 14:00 · Plaza San Isidro
Trails and hiking
•Camino de San Juan (PR-A 474, 10.38 km)
Famous people
•Pedro Manuel Cátedra, medievalista y catedrático español
Town hall
Alcaldía: María Vanessa Polo Gil
Web oficial: http://www.lasgabias.es/
Town hall of Gabias, Las
Alcaldía: María Vanessa Polo Gil Web oficial: http://www.lasgabias.es/
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How to get there
- 🚗 9 km from Granada (about 6 min by car)
- 🚗 102 km from Málaga (about 72 min by car)
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- ✈️ 14 km from Granada-Jaén airport (about 10 min by car)
- ✈️ 112 km from Málaga-Costa del Sol airport (about 79 min by car)
Practical info
🅿️ Where to park
- Where to park · 0.2 km away
- Where to park · 0.2 km away
- Where to park · 0.3 km away
🏧 Nearest cash machine
- BBVA · 0.1 km away
- Caixabank · 0.1 km away
- Caja Rural · 0.1 km away
⛽ Nearest petrol station
- Barcalo · 0.8 km away
- Estación de Servicio La Naranja · 1.4 km away
- Repsol · 1.8 km away
ℹ️ Tourist office
- Tourist office · 0 km away
- Panel de Información Turística de Las Gabias · 0.2 km away
- Tourist office · 0.2 km away
🏖️ Where to swim
- Piscina Municipal · 2.6 km away
- Piscina JR · 3.4 km away
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