Vélez-Málaga

Municipality of Vélez-Málaga
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Málaga
Comarca :	Axarquía - Costa del Sol
Coordinates	36 ° 47 ′ N , 4 ° 6 ′ W Coordinates: 36 ° 47 ′ N , 4 ° 6 ′ W
Height :	60 msnm
Area :	156.36 km²
Residents :	81,643 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	522.15 inh / km²
Postal code :	29700
Municipality number ( INE ):	29094
Nearest airport :	Málaga ( Aeropuerto de Málaga , 40 km )
administration
Official language :	Castilian
Mayor :	María Salomé Arroyo ( PSOE )
Website :	www.ayto-velezmalaga.es
Location of the municipality
Málaga Province;

Vélez-Málaga is a city in Andalusia in southern Spain . It is located in the province of Málaga , in the eastern part of the province, the Axarquía , and forms the capital of this district, 28 kilometers from the city of Málaga .

The average annual rainfall is 470 l / m² and the average temperature is 18 ° C. The area of the place is 156 km², the population 81,643 (as of January 1, 2019). The inhabitants are called "Veleños".

Vélez-Málaga consists of several districts: Torre del Mar , Benajarafe, Triana, Trapiche, Almayate Bajo and Almayate Alto, Cajiz, Chilchez and Mezquitilla. Only about half of all inhabitants of the entire municipality live in the city of Vélez-Málaga itself.

The Vélez-Málaga tram connected Vélez-Málaga with Torre del Mar from October 2006 to June 2012.

To the north-west of the city is the Aeródromo de La Axarquía Airport , which is operated by the Real Aeroclub de Málaga.

sons and daughters of the town

María Zambrano (1904–1991), philosopher, poet and essayist
Amparo Muñoz (1954–2011), actress and Miss Universe 1974
Fernando Hierro (* 1968), football player

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 : Vélez-Málaga - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Site of the Local Government (Ayuntamiento) of Vélez-Málaga

Vélez-Málaga

[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).