GEOGRAPHICAL DATA:

Surface: 35,79 square kilometers.

5,05% of the island of La Palma.

Altitude: 325 meters (municipal capital) .520 meters (Hermosilla and Las Manchas). 10 meters (Puerto Naos).

Distance by highway: 32 kilometers to Santa Cruz de La Palma.

- " The Plaza of España and the singular parish of the Remedios (1517), basilica, with wood pavement and sober altarpieces, and one of the most beautiful sculptures than were imported from Flandes and its principal streets denote root and lordship, seems that in its area the time is other. As of the own square and, in ordered expansion, boulevards and chalets of assorted traces. Without nothing that it warn it, the two cities, that of the land houses, lime and tiles, and the opened constructions, functionalistics or eclectics, are found and are answered; because the quality of life has been an exigency in Los Llanos de Aridane for the richest, it does not exist break with the previous urbanism, but a flowing continuity, shed of anecdotes and past influences. " -

(Album of Canarias, 1986).

It was large the extension of this municipality until in 1837 was segregated El Paso and thereinafter, in 1925, Tazacorte. From there that the history of this term palmero is found narrowly linked to that of the others two.

After the conquest, the Adelantado Alonso Fernández of Lugo grants to his nephew, Juan Fernández Señorino, Governor Lieutenant of the island, together to the valley of Tazacorte, lands in Argual.

On the other hand, the term of Tajuya was reserved from the conquest for common cattle grass.

On the foundation of the parish does not exist documentation, disappeared in a fire. According to José Wangüemert and Poggio, this parish was granted by the monk bishop Juan of Alzólaras, during the pastoral visit that accomplished in 1517, to the sight of the much existing population in the place.

Within municipal term there are other hermitages of great antiquity, witnesses of the inhabitant kernels with which counted from the first times.

Citing their economic power, the inhabitants of Los Llanos would see requesting reiterately an own municipality, that only obtain in 1868. Within that same century XIX, procure the villa and city titles (1868 and 1899 respectively).

In this municipality are many places of cultural interest to visit. In several of its localities can be enjoyed the vision the insular architecture, reflected in beautiful houses. Its squares also they are beautiful, as those of Argual and that of Elías Santos Abréu in Los Llanos.

The parochial church of Los Remedios conserves some beautiful altarpieces, with height of the titular Virgin of special interest. Built esta the church in the place of a primitive hermitage.

In spite be reconstruction of a first shrine more modest, to visit the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, in the payment of her name, will constitute without doubts an encounter with the islander flavor art. To cite, finally, the hermitage of San Pedro in Argual.

The basic activity in the economy of the municipality bases in the agriculture.

The principal production is the banana, to those which is devoted almost the whole the lands of irrigable; also in irrigable are cultivated avocados, vegetables, citric and potatoes, though in smaller quantities.

In dryness lands, vineyards, tuneras and fig-trees are the principal products.

In the part of the coast is found the Puerto de Naos, place of summertime thanks its beach, the widest of the island, with an incipient tourism.

Concerning the structure of the property, masters the small property characteristic, with multitude of small plots.

Finally, part of the population of the municipality works in the services sector.

Opened to the west, is straddled within the wide hillside that is presented in said sector of the island and that tends be called valley. Even some author outlines his classification as boiler. Correspond to Los Llanos the central space and part of the coast. Of such form that Tazacorte shortens a band of its previous exit to the sea and by the east, El Paso maintains the boundary not to exceed 600 meters on the level of the sea. In good measure, this limit continues the tracing of the current general highway. Northward, is at the point the edge superior right del ravine of Las Angustias, in its limit with Tijarafe. To the south, is found with Fuencaliente. The coast is mostly decrease, where includes the widest beach of the island: Puerto Naos.

Throughout this inclined space is possible to appreciate wide flat areas, that in fact they have given name to the municipality, and whose reason of being is in the volcanic cones, that are presented

transversely, continuing a northwest alignment - southeast. These eruptions not only would fill the existing relief with their/its emissions, but would permit the alluvions accumulation.

On the other hand, vast sectors were seen occupy by the lavic washes of recent eruptions, and even historical, that would arrive, in several cases, until the sea. In a wide proportion are found occupy by cultivation, and increasingly by constructions. Its emission centers are found throughout the Cumbre Vieja, being dated those of Montaña Quemada (1430-40), Tehuya (1585), El Charco (1712) and San Juan (1949).

The position to lee of the trade, determines clearly the climatic characteristics, with a high sunstroke and smaller rainfalls that in the eastern side. Also, the topography favors the influence of the warm air saharian invasions. The original vegetable cover has been seen relegated to counted places, in a space very humanized, especially favorable to the cultivation of the banana tree.

The volcanic cones of Los Llanos suppose a natural space that includes within this municipal term, the mountains of Triana and of Argual. As volcanic Pipe of Todoque is known other protected recent lavic washes area, of geomorphological interest and geological, to be located in a wide cave.

In the extreme south of the municipality is found a small sector of the Natural Park of Cumbre Vieja and Teneguía. It is an affected area also by historical eruptions (1858 and 1712), with wide malpaíses cultivated or in vegetable settling phase. On the other hand, in the opposite extreme is found also a section of that great collector that it is the ravine of Las Angustias. The coastal offers the sample of the occupation of the lavas, that increased the coastal profile, giving rise to a low island. They are alternated the steep fields with coves, puddles and beaches.

In the neighborhood of La Vera, the cultivation owners located by above of the channel originating from La Caldera, they could take part of the water. But, only through some containers, calabazos, facts in a gourds principle you dry and today of brass, provided of a long handle, they can rise the water that need. Thus, this hard labor of the Calabazos, to the margin of their curiosity and antiquity, is converted into a vital activity to subsist.

In the local crafts are emphasized the embroidery, the palm projects, the fabrics elaborated in the traditional loom,...

The celebration of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (2 of July) in Los Llanos, constitutes the principal municipal festive event, with a wide program of acts. Within the same takes place the pilgrimage of San Isidro.

Carnival Mars and 2 of July, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.