History

This municipality is the result of the merge on Melegí­s, Saleres and Restábal in 1972. All of them retain a Moorish urban layout, although probably they originated earlier. Being located in the Lecrí­n valley made them witness historical events during the War of the Alpujarra in 1568, which resulted in the depopulation of this part of the valley after the Moors were expelled. At the beginning of the 19th century, there was another exodus in the population due to the lack of infrastructure to utilize the resources. Then, with the general emigrations occurring in Andalusia in the mid 20th century the Lecrí­n Valley suffered an important decrease in the number of inhabitants.