Almendralejo

Almendralejo
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Badajoz
Comarca :	Tierra de Barros
Coordinates	38 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 24 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 24 ′  W
Height :	337  msnm
Area :	164.5 km²
Residents :	33,474 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	203.49 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	06200
Municipality number  ( INE ):	06011
administration
Official language :	Spanish
Mayor :	José María Ramírez Morán ( PSOE )
Address of the municipal administration:	C. \ Mérida, 2 06200 Almendralejo
Website :	www.almendralejo.es

Almendralejo ( Extremadurian Almendralehu or Almendraleju ) is a city in the Spanish province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura . Almendralejo is the administrative center and largest city of the Comarca Tierra de Barros and seat of the council that regulates the designation of origin of the Ribera del Guadiana wine region .

geography

City structure

The municipality is divided into two districts:

Districts	Population (2008)	Settlements with population (2008)	Residents outside closed settlements (2008)
Almendralejo	32,730	Almendralejo 32,695	35
San Marcos	447	San Marcos 163, Los Olivos 64, Cuartos de Tiza 56, Las Ruedas 45, Dehesa Nueva 30, Las Rocas 21, Cuarto de Enmedio 14	54
local community	33,177	33,088	89

population

Residents

With 33,474 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019), Almendralejo is the fourth largest city in the Badajoz province and the sixth largest in Extremadura .

87.8% of the inhabitants are native to Spain, 80.5% from Extremadura , 79.6% from the Badajoz province and 49.1% from Almendralejo. The population growth is 2.7% (2001-2008 average).

The population is 52.3% male and 47.7% female.

Development of the population:

Nationalities

The proportion of foreigners has risen sharply since the turn of the millennium, from 0.7% (2000) to 11.9% (2008). Most of them are Romanians (7.8%) and Moroccans (2.0%).

origin	according to citizenship (2008)	according to country of birth (2008)
EU citizens	96.4%	96.1%
Spaniards	88.1%	87.8%
Romanians	7.8%	7.6%
Portuguese	0.3%	0.3%
African	2.2%	2.3%
Moroccan	2.0%	2.1%
North and South Americans	1.1%	1.2%
Brazilian	0.3%	0.3%
Colombians	0.3%	0.3%
Asians	0.2%	0.2%

Development of the proportion of foreigners:

Sports

FC Extremadura from Almendralejo played two seasons in the first-class Primera División . In 2010 the association was dissolved due to financial problems. The successor club Extremadura UD has played in the second-rate Segunda División since 2018 .

sons and daughters of the town

• José de Espronceda (1808–1842), romantic poet
• Pablo Villalobos (* 1978), long-distance runner

literature

• Javier Arce:  Almendralejo, Badajoz, Spain . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .

Web links

Commons : Almendralejo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Spanish)
• Almendralejo-Badajoz in Extremadura

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ^ List of place names. Instituto Nacional de Estadística
3. ^ Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842. Instituto Nacional de Estadística
4. ^ Population by sex, municipalities and nationality. Instituto Nacional de Estadística
5. ^ Population by sex, municipalities and place of birth. Instituto Nacional de Estadística