Breña Baja

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Breña Baja municipality
Panorama beach Los Cancajos.jpg
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Breña Baja coat of arms
Breña Baja (Canary Islands)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Canary Islands
Province : Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Coordinates 28 ° 38 ′  N , 17 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 28 ° 38 ′  N , 17 ° 46 ′  W
Height : 295  msnm
Area : 14.20 km²
Residents : 5,690 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 400.7 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 38712, 38711
Municipality number  ( INE ): 38009
administration
Mayor : Borja Pérez Sicilia ( PP )
Website : www.bbaja.es
Location of the municipality
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Breña Baja (own name: La Muy Noble y Honorable Villa de Breña Baja ) is one of the 14 communities in the east of the Canary Island of La Palma . The seat of the administration is in San José. It stretches as a narrow strip from the sea up to the ridges of the Cumbre Vieja and is predominantly agricultural. Down by the sea is the tourist settlement Los Cancajos, also part of the municipality of Breña Baja, with one of the few bays in La Palma.

Places of the community

The population figures in brackets are from 2013.

  • San Antonio (1,551)
  • San Jose (1,364)
  • La Polvacera (796)
  • Los Cancajos (713)
  • Las Ledas (343)
  • El Socorro (318)
  • La Montaña (272)
  • El Fuerte (166)

Population development

year population change
1900 1,816
1910 2,001 +185
1920 1,859 -142
1930 2,042 +183
1940 2,364 +322
1950 2.405 +41
1960 2,505 +100
year population change
1970 2,632 +127
1981 3,363 +731
1990 3,418 +55
2001 4.119 +701
2005 4,355 +236
2013 5,523 +1168

Surname

Breña means dry area overgrown with thorn bushes . Baja means lower, lower and differentiates this municipality from the neighboring municipality of Breña Alta ( Upper Breña ).

Townscape

Well-tended houses and gardens define the townscape. Owners are often former, well-off residents of Santa Cruz de La Palma , who commute to work in the island's capital every day. The houses of Breña Baja are scattered across the landscape. The parish church of San José got its present appearance in the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Breña Baja  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  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. ↑ INEbase (database of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística)