Albanchez, is located between the Valley of the Almanzora and the mountains of the Sierra Filabres, and is backed onto the Hill Castellón and the Cerrico Morcillo.
Albanchez lies 489 meters above sea level, and with a maximum height of 869 is the Hill Alamillo. It is surrounded by the municipalities of Cantoria, Arboleas, Lubrín, Cóbdar and Lijar, at that time the 648 inhabitants are within the 35 square kilometers of their municipal terminal, distributing among the town and their numerous quarters there was two rivers that crossed it.
They where privileged to have a dry climate of warm summers and relatively cold winters, with some variation grades among different geographical points. The precipitations are scarce and they concentrate, fundamentally, in spring and autumn.
The vegetation is defined for the different orografic climatic, as well as for the fertility of the land. In the highest areas we find arboreal masses formed by pine, and filled with juniper, jaras,(common name Paper Roses) abrepuño,(Thistles) brooms, among others. There are also abundant medicinal plants, among those are the rosemary, thyme, cantueso,(Lavender) and cat tail.
In the skirts of the mountain the vegetation mixes with the cultivations and there appead more variety of trees, the locust that mixes with other bushes like the chumberas, the boja laga or the esparto highlighting. Already on the rivers and ravines grow poplars, elm trees and osiers(a kind of willow) that give shade to other species like the cane, the oleanders and the ivy. Where the water arises grows mint and great quantity of moss.
The climatic conditions of the area and the vegetation give life to a great variety of animal species, including an e extensive population of birds, among these is the cuckoo, the turtledove, the partridge, the riblancos, the totovía and some predators such as the eagle perdicera, the kestrel, the real owl and the owls. A less abundant group of mammals exists - mountain goat, boar, fox, badgers and hedgehogs among other - as well as amphibians and reptiles.
The influence of the physical means is manifested in the type of activities economic that are developed. Their inhabitants are devoted to agriculture and the raising of cattle, there is the also the possibility for new alternatives, for example rural tourism. On the other hand they cannot forget the main activity economic of the district, the marble.
For their situation in the valley of the river, Albanchez has been during the course of history, a place that has changed many times by the passing of many different civilizations. Remains of axes pulimentadas, found in the Castellón, attest the human presence from neolithic time. This same place served from establishment to íberos and Roman, but it was during the a later time when under the rule of the Muslims who gave it the name of Al-banyis. They were also responsible for who brought to these lands the tradition sedera, lost today but that stayed until the XIX century.
During the XV century, Albanchez was as strength and border population of the Kingdom nazarí of Granada. June 15 1488 passed at the hands of the Reyes Catholics who give it in dominion to Pedro Manrique Lara, and already in the XVI century it is incorporate to the Vélez's marquisate, until this disappeared two centuries later. This marquis orders to the Moorish Rulers, in 1.518, to go down to the town from the Castellón to the current location and build the population's first church. Their construction began in 1.526, belonging to the parish of Oria. Later on, during the rebellion of the Moors, between 1.568 and 1.570, the inhabitants joined the strength of the Castellón. From there they left to defend to the Moors of Cantoria, sieged by the Christian of Lorca, and they participated in the call for Battles of the Corral, near Arboleas, where they suffered a hard defeat.