Vejer de la Frontera

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Vejer de la Frontera municipality
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Vejer de la Frontera coat of arms
Vejer de la Frontera (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Cadiz
Comarca : La Janda
Coordinates 36 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 36 ° 15 ′  N , 5 ° 58 ′  W
Height : 201  msnm
Area : 262.88 km²
Residents : 12,624 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 48.02 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 11150
Municipality number  ( INE ): 11039
administration
Website : www.vejerdelafrontera.es
Location of the municipality
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Vejer de la Frontera is an Andalusian city in the province of Cádiz in southern Spain. It is located 9 km from the coast on a high plateau, 50 km southeast of the provincial capital Cádiz . The center of the place is completely surrounded by a wall.

population

Population development Vejer de la Frontera from 1900 to 2007
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950
11,298 13,388 14,995 18,298 10.110 12,569
1960 1970 1981 1991 2001 2007
13,553 11,944 12,030 12,773 12,729 12,828
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas

Attractions

  • Historic cityscape with around two kilometers long city ​​wall , four city gates and three towers
  • Castillo : the former Moorish castle from 10/11. Century was laid out on the highest point of the old town. In the 14./15. The Christian castle was built there in the 19th century, in the 19th century. changed.
  • The Casa Mayorazgo is a baroque building from the 18th century.
  • The parish church Divino Salvador from the 14th century was expanded in late Gothic style from the end of the 16th century.
  • The Iglesia del Convento de la Concepción (monastery church) was built from 1552; it has a renaissance portal .
  • Cape Trafalgar ( Cabo Trafalgar ) protrudes southwest into the Atlantic.

  • View from the fort on the parish church Divino Salvador

  • Parish Church of Divino Salvador

  • View through the buttress arches of the "Iglesia del Convento de la Conceptión" from 1552 (now Museo Convento) of the New Town.

  • La Cobijada: Memorial for the full veil of Christian women, which was mandatory in the region until 1939 (was repealed by General Franko)

  • Castillo fortress

  • Plaza España

  • city ​​wall

  • "Puerta Cerrada" (south gate or also called Berber gate) was used by the residents of the Jewish quarter from 10th to 12th centuries. Closed to fend off coastal pirates from the Berber tribe.

Web links

Commons : Vejer de la Frontera  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Vejer de la Frontera  - travel guide

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).