Alosno

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|official_name = Alosno

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|settlement_type = Municipality

|image_flag =Flag of Alosno Spain.svg

|image_shield = Escudo de Alosno.svg

|flag_size = 150

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Spain

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Spain

|subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

|subdivision_name1 = Andalusia

|subdivision_type2 = Province

|subdivision_name2 = Huelva

|subdivision_type3 = Comarca

|subdivision_name3 = Andévalo

|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Juan Manuel Orta Prieto

|area_total_km2 = 193

|area_land_km2 = 193

|area_water_km2 = 0.00

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|37|32|55|N|7|06|55|W|region:ES_type:city|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = Postal code

|postal_code = 21520

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File:Goethite-228398.jpg goethite, Filón Sur Mine, Alosno, Huelva, Spain.]]

File:AlosnoIglesia1571.jpg

Alosno is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain.{{cite web |url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/sima/htm/sm21006.htm |title=Alosno - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051217200946/http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/sima/htm/sm21006.htm |archive-date=17 December 2005 |access-date=7 October 2019 |work=Instituto de Estadística de Andalucía |publisher=Junta de Andalucía |date=22 July 2005 |language=es}} According to the 2013 census,Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) the village has a population of 1,840 inhabitants.

The Filon Sur Mine, in Alosno municipality, is a notable source of fine specimens of the mineral goethite. Nearby is a 4500+ year old copper smelting archeological site named Cabezo Juré.{{cite journal |title=The Extractive Metallurgy of Copper from Cabezo Juré, Huelva, Spain: Chemical and Mineralogical Study of Slags Dated to the Third Millenium B.C. |first1=Reinaldo |last1=Sáez |first2=Francisco |last2=Nocete |author2-link=Francisco Nocete |first3=José |last3=M. Nieto |first4=M. Ángeles |last4=Capitán |first5=Salvador |last5=Rovira |s2cid=44013182 |journal=The Canadian Mineralogist |volume=41 |pages=627–638 |year=2003 |issue=3 |doi=10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.627 |bibcode=2003CaMin..41..627S }}

The region is notable for production of fine ham, Jamon Serrano, through a system of pasturing and finishing on Holm oak's sweet acorns ( Bellotas ). The chorizo and local Manchego sheep cheeses are also outstanding. Much of the best land is also planted with green olives, for oil or for storage whole in brine. The town's style is very mediterranean with whitewashed walls and cobbles or concrete walks. Approximately 15 Bar/Grills and a number of more formal dinner restaurants line the main street in/out of town, with a main market and outdoor market also selling produce from stalls. Very low humidity makes up for the heat, and ocean moderating winds are common. Green countrysides start the year off with spring rains and progresses on to gold with the dry summers. Frost and snow are very rare.

Proximity to a prominent rock climbing face and centuries old nunnery and chapels.{{cite news |url=http://huelvabuenasnoticias.com/2017/05/02/puebla-se-despide-de-su-romeria-de-la-virgen-de-la-pena-con-el-sermon-de-suplica-y-la-procesion-de-los-nuevos-mayordomos/ |title=La Puebla se despide de su Romería de la Virgen de la Peña con el Sermón de Súplica y la procesión de los nuevos mayordomos |date=2 May 2017 |access-date=7 October 2019 |work=Huelva Buenas Noticias |language=es |issn=2387-0885 |publisher=Invergente SL}}

Alosno is "Cuna del Fandango" and is famous within Spain for flamenco players and festivals. Other important festivals are Cruces de Mayo, San Juan, Visperas, and many more.{{cite web |url=https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/agendaandaluciatucultura/evento/romeria-de-san-antonio-de-padua-en-alosno |title=Romería de San Antonio de Padua en Alosno |access-date=7 October 2019 |work=Agencia Andaluza de Instituciones Culturales |publisher=Consejería de Cultura y Patrimonio Histórico |agency=Junta de Andalucía |language=es}}