Water Dams in Córdoba

Puente Nuevo Dam

Puente Nuevo Dam & Reservoir – Villaviciosa de Córdoba

The Puente Nuevo Dam was built on the Guadiato riverbed and his work was completed in 1973.

The Puente Nuevo reservoir is part of the Andalusian municipalities of Belmez, Espiel and Villaviciosa de Cordoba, in the Cordoba province.

The reservoir belongs to the Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir, area of Cordoba.

The reservoir basin has a surface area of 985 km2, an average rainfall of 620 l/m2. and an average annual contribution of 56 hm3.

Puente Nuevo reservoir has a capacity of 281,73 hm3.

* Dam type: gravity dam with straight plant
* Height above the bed: 46 m
* Crest lenght: 232 m

Puente Nuevo Dam & Reservoir Objectives

Puente Nuevo Dam & Reservoir - Villaviciosa de Córdoba

* Water supply
* Ecological Flow
* Electricity
* Fishing

Distances

Bélmez 46 km
Obejo 26 km
Espiel 27 km
Villaharta 14 km
Villaviciosa de Córdoba 10 km

Belmez Municipality

Nestled in the heart of Sierra Morena, Villaviciosa de Córdoba will welcome you with a preserved heritage that will tell you who we are, our streets with white facades, our mountain cuisine; all enveloped by a nature overflowing with life and beauty.

Flavors of nature and maintained tradition, such as honey, pine nuts, game meat and our original wine, with protected territorial demarcation, are also our hallmarks.
A bit of history of Villaviciosa de Córdoba

At a crossroads, specifically in the Praetorium, a variant of the road from Córdoba to Extremadura, and the road from Madrid-Toledo to Seville-Cádiz, passing through Los Pedroches, a hermitage was erected in honor of a Virgin. It was brought from Portuguese lands by a cowboy from Vila-Viçosa, and thus a village arose around it, which received its name in honor of the Virgin of Villaviciosa.