San Roque (Cadiz)

San Roque municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Cadiz
Comarca :	Campo de Gibraltar
Coordinates	36 ° 13 ′ N , 5 ° 23 ′ W 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

View of San Roque with the Rock of Gibraltar in the background

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).

Web links

Commons : San Roque - collection of images, videos and audio files

[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).