Fuengirola

Fuengirola
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Málaga
Comarca :	Costa del Sol Occidental
Coordinates	36 ° 32 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 32 ′  N , 4 ° 37 ′  W
Height :	6  msnm
Area :	10.17 km²
Residents :	80,309 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	7,896.66 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	29640
Municipality number  ( INE ):	29054
Nearest airport :	Málaga ( Aeropuerto de Málaga , 19 km )
administration
Official language :	Castilian
Mayor :	Ana Mula ( PP )
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza de España, 1 29640 Fuengirola
Website :	www.fuengirola.org
Location of the city

Fuengirola is a municipality in the Spanish region of Andalusia . It is one of the 100 independent municipalities in the province of Málaga . The only official language is Spanish (Castilian).

The city of Fuengirola has 80,309 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of ​​10.17 km². This corresponds to 7897 inhabitants per km². The municipality is one of the smallest cities in Spain in terms of its area, but has a very high population density. Among the residents, 25% are foreigners, mostly Europeans (including many British, Irish, Finns and Swedes), still Moroccans, South Americans and Chinese. Fuengirola, Marbella and Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol were among the cities with the highest crime rates in Spain in 2005.

geography

Geographical location

Fuengirola is 572.7 kilometers from the Spanish capital, Madrid , on the south coast of the Iberian Peninsula . 27 kilometers southwest of Malaga on the Costa del Sol, the city extends along the eastern coast. Neighboring municipalities are in the northeast Benalmádena and in the entire northwest, west and southwest the municipality Mijas , which surrounds Fuengirola on the land side. The urban area is almost completely built up. The mean height is six meters above sea level. Fuengirola has a beach a little over seven kilometers long.

City structure

The urban area of ​​Fuengirola is divided from south to north into the districts of Fuengirola (centro), San Cayetano, El Boquetillo, Santa Fe de los Boliches, Los Pacos, Torreblanca del Sol and Carvajal.

climate

The region around Fuengirola offers a subtropical Mediterranean climate, with an average annual temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, an annual rainfall of 500 l / m² and almost 3000 hours of sunshine per year.

history

The origins of the city go back to the colonization of the area by the Phoenicians . The Romans called the city Suel, it was a district town in the Roman region of Baetica . In the 8th century, the Moors conquered the area and named the city Sojayl. Under Abd ar-Rahman III. the castle was built in 956.

In the 15th century the city was recaptured by the Catholics in the final phase of the " Reconquista " . Sohail Castle was not taken by the Christians until 1497, five years after the fall of Granada . It was only rebuilt in 1730, this time to prevent trade with Gibraltar, which was conquered by the British in 1704 .

Number of inhabitants
(source: INE )

year	1842	1877	1887	1900	1910	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1981	1991	2001	2010
Residents	1,182	4,306	4,747	5,966	6,306	6,350	6,829	6,865	6,774	8,589	17,908	29,160	37,742	49,675	71,783

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Fuengirola Beach

Today Fuengirola is heavily influenced by tourism. The more than ten kilometers long promenade by the sea extends from Carvajal in the east to the "Beatriz-Palace-Hotel" in the west. On the side of the promenade opposite the beach there are mostly high apartment buildings and increasingly also hotels in the four-star segment. There are a variety of shops, restaurants and bars on the ground floor. There are numerous restaurants on the approximately seven-kilometer-long beach that mainly offer fish.

The ancient Sohail Castle on a hill outside the city overlooking the bay has become Fuengirola's landmark. Music events and fiestas are often held in the castle. The interior of the place has preserved the Andalusian atmosphere, especially in the "plazas" with the churches. Every Tuesday there is a market that is one of the largest on the Costa del Sol .

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Sea side of Fuengirola

traffic

Cercanías RENFE

Fuengirola has a rail connection of the LÍNEA C-1, a local train, Cercanías Málaga , the transport company RENFE Operadora , which runs every 20 minutes via the Aeropuerto station ("Airport") to Málaga. There is no continuous 24-hour operation of the railway line, the first trains run from Málaga in the direction of Fuengirola (terminus) from 5:45 a.m. and back from Fuengirola at 6:20 a.m. The travel time in one direction is 45 minutes.

In the direction of Málaga, the stations Los Boliches , Torreblanca , Carvajal , Torremuelle , Benalmádena-Arroyo de la Miel , El Pinillo , Montemar Alto , Torremolinos , La Colina , Los Álamos , Plaza Mayor , Aeropuerto , Guadalhorce , Victoria Kent , Málaga follow -Renfe ( Estación de María Zambrano ) and Centro Alameda (Málaga center). The airport station can be reached from Fuengirola in around 30 minutes.

From the bus station in the center of the city, buses run in all directions, all the way to Madrid.

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  Fuengirola promenade

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  City center
  (seen from Mijas)

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  Sohail Castle

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  Beach, view from in front of the castle to the north

supporting documents

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. ↑ Hubert Kahl / DPA: Costa del Mafia. www.stern.de, March 16, 2005, accessed on May 13, 2011 . 

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Fuengirola
• Pueblos de España: Fuengirola (Spanish)
• Beaches of the municipality (Spanish)