Tàrbena

Tàrbena (Valencian pronunciation: [ˈtaɾβena], Spanish: Tárbena) is a municipality in the comarca of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencia, Spain.

It had been subjected to religious de-population and later re-population by an entirely different race of people. At the time of the Inquisition it was abandoned when the mostly Moorish population ran away.

It was re-populated by impoverished natives of Mallorca, who took over the tumbledown ruins and turned it into a village. A Valencian shipping magnate in whose Ducal domain the mountain territory of Tarbena belonged, was involved in considerable livestock trade between the mainland and the Balieric islands. Ferrying pigs on the outboard journey, he often brought back the offal produced for a profit. Mallorcan black pudding was a sought after delicacy in Valencia, being quite distinct from local varieties. Then it occurred to him that if he put Mallorcans in one his abandoned villages and got them to make the black pudding there, he could save the cost of transport and collect rents as well. So he then shipped a cargo of pigs out and a cargo of embutidos aritsans back, took them up into the hills, showed them the empty village and gave it to them for free. They were a hardy lot and soon a cottage industry producing all manner of pig puddings and sausages; black, red and white, was flourishing. They still exist today, making Butifarras, Blanquets and Sobrasada.

Municipalities of Marina Baixa

L'Alfàs del Pi Altea Beniardà Benidorm Benifato Benimantell Bolulla Callosa d'En Sarrià Confrides Finestrat El Castell de Guadalest La Nucia Orxeta Polop Relleu Sella Tàrbena La Vila Joiosa

Municipalities of the province of Alicante

L'Atzúbia Agost Agres Aigües Albatera Alcalalí Alcocer de Planes Alcoleja Alcoy Alfafara Algorfa Algueña Alicante Almoradí Almudaina Altea Aspe Balones Banyeres de Mariola Benasau Beneixama Benejúzar Benferri Beniarbeig Beniardá Beniarrés Benidoleig Benidorm Benifallim Benifato Benigembla Benijófar Benilloba Benillup Benimantell Benimarfull Benimassot Benimeli Benissa Benitachell Biar Bigastro Bolulla Busot Callosa d'en Sarrià Callosa de Segura Calp Campo de Mirra Castalla Castell de Castells Catral Cañada Cocentaina Confrides Cox Crevillent Daya Nueva Daya Vieja Dolores Dénia El Campello El Ràfol d'Almúnia El Verger Elche Elda Els Poblets Facheca Famorca Finestrat Formentera del Segura Gaianes Gata de Gorgos Gorga Granja de Rocamora Guadalest Guardamar del Segura Hondón de las Nieves Hondón de los Frailes Ibi Jacarilla Jalón Jijona L'Alfàs del Pi L'Alqueria d'Asnar La Nucia La Romana La Torre de les Maçanes La Vall d'Alcalà La Vall de Laguar La Vila Joiosa Llíber Lorcha/L'Orxa Los Montesinos Millena Monforte del Cid Monóvar Murla Muro de Alcoy Mutxamel Novelda Ondara Onil Orba Orihuela Orxeta Parcent Pedreguer Pego Penàguila Petrer Pilar de la Horadada Pinoso Planes Polop Quatretondeta Rafal Redován Relleu Rojales Sagra Salinas San Fulgencio San Isidro San Miguel de Salinas San Vicente del Raspeig Sanet y Negrals Sant Joan d'Alacant Santa Pola Sax Sella Senija Teulada Tibi Tollos Tormos Torrevieja Tárbena La Vall d'Ebo Vall de Gallinera Villena Xàbia

Coordinates: 38°41′N 0°06′W / 38.683°N 0.100°W / 38.683; -0.100

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