Motril
Motril | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | |
Province : | Granada | |
Coordinates | 36 ° 45 ′ N , 3 ° 31 ′ W | |
Height : | 45 msnm | |
Area : | 103.31 km² | |
Residents : | 58,020 (Jan. 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 561.61 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 18600 (Motril, Puntalón and Las Ventillas ), 18730 ( Calahonda , Carchuna , La Chucha and La Perla ), 18613 ( Playa Granada and El Varadero ), 18614 ( La Garnatilla ) | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 18140 | |
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Website : | www.motril.es | |
Location of the city | ||
Motril is a city in the province of Granada in southern Spain . It is located (as the crow flies) about 50 kilometers south of the provincial capital Granada , is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea and has about 60,000 inhabitants.
Motril, Algeciras , Almería , Cádiz and Tarifa have been hot spots for immigration to the EU via the Mediterranean since the Conte I government (Italy) de facto closed Italian ports to migrants from Africa in mid-2018.
On October 2, 2018, the municipality of Torrenueva Costa was newly formed from parts of the city of Motril .
economy
Motril is an important industrial and commercial city in the province ( paper , sugar cane , fishing ).
Personalities
- José Callejón (* 1987), football player
Web links
Commons : Motril - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Information about Motril (Spanish)
- www.aytomotril.org Ayuntamiento de Motril; official website of the municipality (Spanish)
- Virtual path along motril
- www.pueblos-espana.org Location and history (Spanish)
- Motril location and history
- Official website for tourism in Spain: Motril (english)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de July 28, 2018: This is how it is for refugees in Spain
- ↑ Decreto 184/2018, de 2 de octubre, por el que se aprueba la creación del municipio de Torrenueva Costa por segregación del término municipal de Motril (Granada)