Villanueva de la Serena

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Villanueva de la Serena
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Villanueva de la Serena (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Extremadura
Province : Badajoz
Comarca : Las Vegas Altas
Coordinates 38 ° 58 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 58 ′  N , 5 ° 48 ′  W
Height : 300  msnm
Area : 152 km²
Residents : 25,667 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 168.86 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 06700
Municipality number  ( INE ): 06153
administration
Official language : Spanish
Mayor : Miguel Ángel Gallardo Miranda ( PSOE )
Website : www.villanuevadelaserena.es

Villanueva de la Serena ( Extremadurian Villanueva e la Serena or Villanueva la Serena ) is a city in the Spanish province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura . It is 4 km to the left of the Guadiana and its tributary Zújar in the hilly landscape of La Serena, where cattle are raised. Melons are an agricultural specialty of the city . Villanueva and the neighboring town of Don Benito form the Don Benito – Villanueva de la Serena conurbation , which is the third largest agglomeration in Extremadura with 25,667 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) . The two cities also jointly assume the function of the administrative headquarters of the Las Vegas Altas comarca .

geography

City structure

The municipality is divided into six districts:

Districts Population
(2008)		 Settlements
with population (2008)		 Residents outside
closed
settlements
(2008)
Villanueva de la Serena 22,072 Villanueva de la Serena 21,885 187
Valdivia 1,881 Valdivia 1,865 16
Zurbarán 824 Giorgio 824 0
Entrerríos 770 Entrerríos 768 2
Casas del Castillo de la Encomienda 16 Casas del Castillo 16 0
Encomienda o CYCA 13 Encomienda o CYCA 13 0
local community 25,576 25,371 205

history

In Roman times there was a settlement near the present-day city, of which remains can be found. Villanueva de la Serena itself was built by the order of knights of Alcántara , to whom the area had been donated by Ferdinand IV .

population

Residents

With 25,576 inhabitants (2008), Villanueva is the fifth largest municipality in the Badajoz province . The core city has 21,885 inhabitants. A segregation process is currently underway so that the largest district of Valdivia (1,881 inhabitants) becomes an independent municipality.

96.1% of the population are native to Spain, 86.4% from Extremadura , 83.5% from the province of Badajoz and 60.8% from Villanueva. The population growth of 0.9% (2001-2008 average) is well below the Spanish average.

The population is 49.2% male and 50.8% female.

Development of the population:

Nationalities

The proportion of foreigners has increased significantly in the last two decades, but at 3.2% (2008) it is still very low compared to the Spanish average.

origin according to
citizenship
(2008)		 according to
country of birth
(2008)
EuropeEurope EU citizens 98.2% 97.8%
SpainSpain Spaniards 96.8% 96.1%
RomaniaRomania Romanians 0.9% 0.9%
GermanyGermany German 0.0% 0.3%
North and South Americans 1.0% 1.2%
PeruPeru Peruvian 0.2% 0.3%
ColombiaColombia Colombians 0.2% 0.3%
African 0.7% 0.7%
MoroccoMorocco Moroccan 0.6% 0.6%

Development of the proportion of foreigners:

Web links

Commons : Villanueva de la Serena  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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).
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística: List of place names
  3. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística: Alterations to the municipalities in the Population Censuses since 1842
  4. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística: Population by sex, municipalities and nationality
  5. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística: Population by sex, municipalities and place of birth