San Javier (Murcia)

San Javier municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Murcia
Province :	Murcia
Comarca :	Comarca del Mar Menor
Coordinates	37 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 48 ′  N , 0 ° 50 ′  W
Height :	4  msnm
Area :	74.2 km²
Residents :	32,489 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	437.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	30730
Municipality number  ( INE ):	30035
Nearest airport :	Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia
administration
Mayor :	Juan Martínez Pastor ( PP )
Website :	www.sanjavier.es

San Javier is a municipality in the autonomous region of Murcia in Spain . It is located 33 km southeast of Murcia . The Autopista AP-7 bypasses San Javier to the west.

On January 1, 2019, 32,489 inhabitants lived in an area of ​​75.10 km².

The former international airport Murcia-San Javier (Spanish Aeropuerto de Murcia-San Javier ) (from 1995 to 2019) and the Base Aérea de San Javier military airfield of the Spanish Air Force in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula , which has existed at the same location since 1929, are located in the district Santiago de la Ribera directly on the Mar Menor lagoon of the Mediterranean Sea . The airport Aeropuerto Internacional de la Región de Murcia , which opened in 2019, is 30 kilometers away in a west-northwest direction .

See also

• List of municipalities in Murcia

Web links

Commons : San Javier (España)  - 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).

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District of Santiago de la Ribera