Jerez de la Frontera

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Jerez de la Frontera municipality
Alcazar Jerez
Alcazar Jerez
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Coat of arms of Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Cadiz
Comarca : Campiña de Jerez
Coordinates 36 ° 40 ′  N , 6 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 40 ′  N , 6 ° 7 ′  W
Height : 56  msnm
Area : 1,188.14 km²
Residents : 212,749 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 179.06 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 11401 to 11409
Municipality number  ( INE ): 11020
administration
Mayor : María José García-Pelayo y Jurado ( Partido Popular (Spain) )
Website : www.jerez.es
Location of the municipality
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Jerez de la Frontera [ xeˈɾeθ ðe la fɾonˈteɾa ] is a city in the Spanish region of Andalusia near the Costa de la Luz . It has 212,749 inhabitants (January 1, 2019) and belongs to the province of Cádiz .

history

1835

The addition of the name de la Frontera ("on the border") after many places indicates the region around Jerez as a long-fought area between Moors and Christians . After the collapse of the Almoravid rule in Al-Andalus , Jerez was briefly an independent Taifa emirate when, in 1145, three different usurpers rose to be emirs there in quick succession: first the Idriside Abu'l-Qaim Ahyal, then the Galbunide Abu 'l-Gammar, and finally the Maimunide' Ali. But by the end of the year the Almohads had already ended this interlude and incorporated Jerez into their empire. It stayed that way until the Reconquista . In 1248 Jerez came into the possession of Castile . At the beginning of the 2010s, Jerez de la Frontera was the city with the highest mountain of debt in Spain (almost one billion euros). Municipal employees received no wages for months, demonstrated in front of the town hall and went on strike, and the mayor received death threats.

tourism

Jerez is the hometown of the famous sherry , which is called Jerez in Spanish (vino) . The word sherry, which is common in other languages, comes from the old pronunciation of the name of the city Xerez (pronounced: Scherez), which was derived from the Arabic name of the city, Sherish . When the English got to know the liqueur wine from Jerez, the old sound level was still preserved from which they derived the word “sherry”, which has been preserved to this day.

From 1986 to 1990, 1994 and 1997 Formula 1 races were held on the Circuito de Jerez ; today the course is a very popular test track. Until 2015, the Formula 1 tests for the new season took place here regularly. The Spanish Grand Prix of the Motorcycle World Championship , which takes place annually on the slopes, regularly attracts more than 200,000 spectators.

The world-famous Royal Andalusian Riding School is located in Jerez .

The renowned Flamenco Festival ( Festival de Jerez ) takes place annually at the end of February / beginning of March . A rider and horse festival ( Feria del caballo ) follows in mid-May . In September there is a festival, the autumn festivals ( Fiestas de otoño ).

One of the most famous sights is the Alcázar fortress.

Infrastructure

Jerez has an international airport (XRY) (La Parra). It is located around eight kilometers as the crow flies northeast of the city center.

Climate table

Jerez de la Frontera Airport (27 m)
Climate diagram
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Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm
Source: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, period 1981-2010
Average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Jerez de la Frontera Airport (27 m)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 16.2 17.8 20.8 22.2 25.5 29.9 33.6 33.5 30.4 25.5 20.2 16.9 O 24.4
Min. Temperature (° C) 5.2 6.4 8.3 9.8 12.5 15.9 18.1 18.7 17.0 13.7 9.5 7.1 O 11.9
Temperature (° C) 10.7 12.1 14.5 16.0 19.0 22.9 25.9 26.1 23.7 19.6 14.9 12.0 O 18.1
Precipitation ( mm ) 78 56 37 49 30th 9 1 2 27 72 96 109 Σ 566
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 5.9 6.6 7.2 8.4 9.7 10.6 11.4 10.8 8.3 7.3 6.1 5.1 O 8.1
Rainy days ( d ) 6.4 6.2 5.2 5.7 3.6 1.1 0.3 0.2 2.2 5.8 6.9 8.4 Σ 52
Humidity ( % ) 77 73 67 64 60 56 52 55 61 69 75 79 O 65.6
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education

Jerez is home to a number of educational institutions. In addition to a large number of primary and secondary schools, these are in particular:

Personalities

  • Jerez Cathedral

  • Church Cartuja de Nuestra Señora de la Defensión

  • Puerta del Arroyo

  • Downtown at night

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. ↑ Anita Blasberg: Alfonso rehearses the uprising, in: Die Zeit No. 34, August 16, 2012, p. 8.
  3. ↑ Anita Blasberg: Alfonso rehearses the uprising, in: Die Zeit No. 34, August 16, 2012, p. 8.
  4. ↑ Jerez. In: Portal UCA. Univerdidad de Cádiz, accessed June 24, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ UNED | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. In: University website. Retrieved June 24, 2019 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Gran papel de la Escuela de Equitación en el Nacional para discapacitados. In: La Voz de Cádiz. March 29, 2012, Retrieved June 24, 2019 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Juan Alfonso Romero: La Escuela de Tauromaquia de Jerez. In: Diario de Jerez. April 30, 2017, Retrieved June 24, 2019 (Spanish).

Web links

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