Sant Lluís

Sant Lluís municipality
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Balearic Islands
Island:	Menorca
Coordinates	39 ° 51 ′ N , 4 ° 15 ′ E Coordinates: 39 ° 51 ′ N , 4 ° 15 ′ E
Height :	60 msnm
Area :	34.63 km²
Residents :	6,798 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	196.3 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number ( INE ):	07052
Nearest airport :	Aeroport de Menorca; (4 km from the main town)
administration
Official language :	Catalan , Castilian
Mayor :	Cristóbal Coll Alcina ( PP )
Website :	www.ajsantlluis.org
Location of the municipality
Menorca;

Sant Lluís (Spanish: San Luis ) is one of the eight independent communities on the Spanish Balearic island of Menorca and is located in the southeast of the island, around 6 km from the island's capital, Maó .

The official languages are Catalan and Spanish (Castilian). The Catalan dialect spoken on the island is called Menorqui .

history

On April 18, 1756, an Easter Sunday, around twelve thousand French soldiers landed on the beach of Santandria under the leadership of Marshal Duc de Richelieu , accompanied by a powerful fleet of Admiral Galissonnière, which began with the military siege of the Castle of San Felipe and with surrender of Britain ended. On June 29, 1756 the English signed the surrender treaty.

On January 8, 1762, the French jurisdiction authorized the French governor of the island, Comte de Lannion , to build a settlement on the historic area of la Garriga de Binifadet . The place got its name in honor of King Lluís XV. (France) and was laid out in the typical straightforward French urban style during the brief French rule on Menorca (1756–1763).

Sant Lluís was declared an independent municipality in 1904, until that time Sant Lluis was under the administration of the capital Maó .

The districts of Alcalfar, S'Algar, Biniancolla, Binibèquer Nou, Binibèquer Vell, Binissafúller-Platja, Binissafúller Roters, Cap d'en Font, Pou Nou-Consell, belong to the municipality of Sant Lluís with 6798 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) Punta Prima , Son Remei-Son Ganxo, Torret and S'Ullastrar.

Worth seeing

Església de Sant Lluís, a neoclassical style church. Built according to the designs of the French engineer and architect Antoine d'Allemand (1679–1760). The facade has a pediment with the coat of arms of France, and a portico with three round arches.
El Molí de Dalt, a windmill from the early days of the village in 1672, was restored in 1987.
El molí de Baix, windmill from 1767, part of this mill was converted into a youth center in 1998.
Poblat de Binissafullet , prehistoric settlement from the 10th to 2nd centuries BC Chr.
Torre de Binifadet , defense tower, 14th century
Defense towers Torre d'Alcalfar and Torre de Son Ganxo , prototypes built between 1785 and 1787 for twelve other defense towers on the island
Punta Prima Beach

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).
^ Ajuntament de Sant Lluis ( Spanish ), accessed May 28, 2014

Web links

Commons : Sant Lluís - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Web presence of the municipal administration

[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).

[2] Ajuntament de Sant Lluis ( Spanish ), accessed May 28, 2014