Mancor de la Vall

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Mancor de la Vall municipality
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Coat of arms of Mancor de la Vall
Mancor de la Vall (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Balearic Islands
Island: Mallorca
Comarca : Raiguer
Coordinates 39 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 39 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E
Height : 224  msnm
Area : 19.87 km²
Residents : 1,509 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 75.94 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 07312
Municipality number  ( INE ): 07034
Nearest airport : Palma ( Son Sant Joan / Palma de Mallorca , 26 km )
administration
Official language : Catalan , Castilian
Mayor : Guillem Villalonga ( Més )
Address of the municipal administration: Plaça de l'Ajuntament, 1
07312 Mancor de la Vall
Website : www.ajmancordelavall.net
Location of the municipality
Mallorca
Location of the municipality of Mancor de la Vall

Mancor de la Vall is a municipality on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It has 1509 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019), 1017 of them in the town of the same name (as of 2008). The proportion of foreigners in the community was 8.19% (88 people), the proportion of German residents 3.17% (34 people). The locals call themselves Mancorí or Mancorina.

history

For a long time Mancor was politically and ecclesiastically dependent on the neighboring town of Selva . It was not until 1913 that Mancor became an independent parish. In 1925 the political separation of Selva and Mancor took place and became an independent municipality ( municipi ).

Attractions

Parish Church in Mancor
  • Sant Joan Baptista de Mancor , neoclassical parish church from the 19th century
  • Chapel of Santa Llucía
  • Sa Tafona de Son Morro , listed oil mill from the 17th century
  • Manor houses: Can Marquesí , Son Lluc , Son Collell , Son Simó , Son Tafona

Festivals

  • Festa de Sant Antoni, January 17th
  • Pilgrimage to Romería Santa Llúcia , on Easter Monday
  • Festa de Sant Joan, June 24th


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).

Web links

Commons : Mancor de la Vall  - Collection of images, videos and audio files