Marinaleda

Marinaleda
Municipality
The multi-purpose building of Marinaleda, adorned with a portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara
The multi-purpose building of Marinaleda, adorned with a portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara
Flag of Marinaleda
Flag
Official seal of Marinaleda
Seal
Marinaleda is located in Andalusia
Marinaleda
Marinaleda
Location in Andalusia
Marinaleda is located in Spain
Marinaleda
Marinaleda
Marinaleda (Spain)
Coordinates: 37°22′16″N 4°57′29″W / 37.37111°N 4.95806°W / 37.37111; -4.95806
Country Spain
Community Andalusia
Province Seville
ComarcaSierra Sur de Sevilla
Government
 • MayorSergio Gómez Reyes[1] (CUT)
Area
 • Total
25 km2 (10 sq mi)
 • Land25 km2 (10 sq mi)
 • Water0.00 km2 (0.00 sq mi)
Elevation
205 m (673 ft)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total
2,626
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
DemonymMarinaleño / Marinaleña
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(+34) ...
Websitemarinaleda.es/es
Municipal theatre
View of a town road

Marinaleda is a Spanish municipality of the province of Seville that belongs to the region of Sierra Sur, located in the basin of Genil, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It has an area of 24.8 km2 (9.6 sq mi) and a population of 2,778 inhabitants according to the 2011 census, with a population density of 112.01 inhabitants per square kilometre (290.1/sq mi). It belongs to the judicial district of Estepa.

Marinaleda is a predominantly agricultural municipality and this makes up the bulk of its economy. It is noted for its left-leaning principles based on a leftist ideology led by Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor from 1979 to 2023 and a member of the Unitarian Candidacy of Workers (CUT). Local workers and peasants have achieved a high rate of development and practically full employment for its people. The development of an alternative economic mode has achieved notable results, even during the economic crisis that began in 2008.[3]

Critics claim that this economic and social progress is due in part to the fact that almost 66% of the income received by the City of Marinaleda is from administrative superiors such as the state, the autonomous community, and the Provincial Council of Seville.[4] In reality, Marinaleda receives less than the average remittance received by municipalities in Andalusia (in 2011 it received around 6.61% less than the regional average).[5]

Marinaleda is part of the "Network of Municipalities for the Third Republic" and the tricolor flag is present in civil buildings.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference publico was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  3. ^ "La economía según Sánchez Gordillo" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Marinaleda, ese lugar | Intereconomía | 823910". 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 11 August 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  5. ^ dani. "Un ejemplo de cómo La Sexta arremete contra la izquierda con mentiras: Marinaleda". www.laboratoriodenoticias.es. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2018.