Raiguer
Raiguer or Es Raiguer is a region ( Catalan : Comarca ) on the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca . It is located on the southeast slope of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range between the La Victoria peninsula and the urban region of the capital Palma. Raiguer is a transition zone from the mountains to the Es Plà plain in the middle of Mallorca. There is plenty of water here, but little flat, cultivable terrain.
The region of the Raiguer and in particular the city of Inca are known as the center of the shoe and leather craft in Mallorca. 127,743 people live in the region (as of 2008) and with Inca it also has a kind of center, although the municipality of Marratxi, as a suburb of Palma, has slightly more inhabitants. The third largest municipality is the city of Alcúdia on the bay named after it on the north coast.
Adjacent island regions are Serra de Tramuntana in the north-west , Plà de Mallorca in the south-east and the island's capital Palma in the south-west .
Municipalities of the Raiguer region
local community | Residents | surface | Inhabitant / km² |
Alaró | 5,178 | 45.63 km² | 114 |
Alcúdia | 18,327 | 59.89 km² | 306 |
Binissalem | 7,030 | 29.75 km² | 236 |
Citizen | 1,066 | 8.27 km² | 129 |
Campanet | 2,601 | 34.62 km² | 75 |
Consell | 3,413 | 13.69 km² | 249 |
Inca | 29,450 | 58.65 km² | 502 |
Lloseta | 5,655 | 12.09 km² | 468 |
Mancor de la Vall | 1,146 | 19.87 km² | 58 |
Marratxí | 32,380 | 54.18 km² | 598 |
Sa Pobla | 12,455 | 46.03 km² | 271 |
Santa Maria del Camí | 5,672 | 37.59 km² | 151 |
Selva | 3,370 | 48.71 km² | 69 |
total | 127,743 | 468.97 km² | 272 |
Population figures as of January 1, 2008
Beaches and coves of the Raiguer
Alcúdia municipality
- Platja de Can Cap de Bou
- Platja sa Marina d'Alcúdia
- Es Corral d'en Bennàssar
- Platja des Barcarès
- Platja des Morer Vermell
- Platja de Sant Joan (Platja de sa Font)
- Platja de Sant Pere
- S'Illot
- Ses Caletes
- Cala Solana
- Sa Platjola
- Cala des Clot
- Platja des Coll Baix
- Platja des Secs (es Faralló)
- Platja d'Alcanada
- Cala Poncet
- Platja d'Alcúdia (Platja Gran)