Alcalá de Guadaíra, la villa de los molinos y el pan Village · Alcalá de Guadaíra, Comarca Metropolitana de Sevilla, Seville The third most populous municipality in the province, with 77,474 inhabitants (INE 2025), at 37 m altitude on the banks of the Guadaíra river. It surrendered to Castilian troops on 21 September 1246 and received a founding charter from Alfonso X in 1280. The railway arrived in 1873 with the line popularly known as the 'Bakers' Train,' after the town's traditional bread-baking industry. Photo: El Pantera (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Alcalá de Guadaíra