Oliva de la Frontera

Municipality of Oliva de la Frontera
Santuario de Nuestra Señora Virgen de Gracia
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Extremadura
Province :	Badajoz
Comarca :	Sierra Suroeste
Coordinates	38 ° 17 ′  N , 6 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 17 ′  N , 6 ° 55 ′  W
Height :	373  msnm
Area :	149.34 km²
Residents :	5,137 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	34.4 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	06120
Municipality number  ( INE ):	06093
administration
Mayor :	Luisa Osorio Vicho ( PSOE ) (2015-)
Website :	www.olivadelafrontera.es

Oliva de la Frontera is a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) in the province of Badajoz in the Autonomous Community of Extremadura . In 2016 the municipality had 5,340 inhabitants on an area of ​​149.3 km².

location

The municipality is located around 81 km south of the provincial capital Badajoz , 57 km from Zafra , 15 km west of Jerez de los Caballeros and 5 km from the border with Portugal , which is formed here by the Río Ardila , which flows into the Guadiana .

Development of the population

Attractions

Pasión Viviente: raising the cross

• The 18th century neoclassical parish church of San Marcos Evangelista .
• Ermita Nuestra Señora Virgen de Gracia .
• The depiction of the Passion of Jesus in the Pasión Viviente , since 1976.

Web links

Commons : Oliva de la Frontera  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).