San Roque (Cadiz)
San Roque municipality | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | |
Province : | Cadiz | |
Comarca : | Campo de Gibraltar | |
Coordinates | 36 ° 13 ′ N , 5 ° 23 ′ W | |
Height : | 108 msnm | |
Area : | 146.88 km² | |
Residents : | 31,218 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 212.54 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 11360 (San Roque casco), 11310 (Sotogrande), 11311 (Guadiaro and Pueblo Nuevo de Guadiaro), 11312 (Torreguadiaro, San Diego and San Enrique de Guadiaro), 11313 (Puente Mayorga), 11314 (Campamento), 11368 (Estación de San Roque), 11369 (Carteia, Guadarranque, Miraflores and Taraguilla) | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 11033 | |
administration | ||
Mayor : | Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix ( PSOE ) | |
Website : | www.sanroque.es | |
Location of the municipality | ||
San Roque is a Spanish city in the province of Cádiz in Andalusia , near the British exclave Gibraltar . The nearest towns are La Linea , Algeciras , the resort of Marbella , Málaga , Tarifa and Cádiz . San Roque is close to three airports and a shipping port, which ensures connections to numerous European and African destinations.
history
San Roque was founded in 1706 under King Felipe V by Spanish residents of Gibraltar. In 2006 the city celebrated its three hundredth anniversary.
Attractions
- Carteia , excavations of a Roman city
Personalities
- Alberto Casañal Shakery , poet
- Luis de Lacy Goutier , army officer
- Juan Luis Galiardo (1940–2012), actor
Fair
Every year in the second week of August there is a fair on the market square of San Roque, which is preceded by a parade.
market
Every Sunday (except one week before the start of the fair and during the fair) there is a market in San Roque where you can buy food, clothes and other things. It is called a mercadillo by the locals.
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).