Vejer de la Frontera | |
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Town and municipality | |
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| Nickname: The Olives' Town | |
.png) Location of Vejer de la Frontera | |
| Coordinates: 36°15′N 5°58′W / 36.250°N 5.967°W | |
| Municipality | Cádiz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Ortíz Galván |
| Area | |
• Total | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| • Land | 58 km2 (22 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0 km2 (0 sq mi) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 12,739 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Vejeriegos/ Vejeriegas |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 11150 |
| Official language(s) | Spanish |
| Website | www |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Historic ensemble |
| Designated | 7 June 1976 |
| Reference no. | RI-53-0000206 |
Vejer de la Frontera is a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. It contains several ancient churches and convents, and the architecture of many of its houses recalls the period of Moorish rule, which lasted from 711 until the town was captured by Saint Ferdinand of Castile in 1248. Agriculture and fruit-farming are the chief industries; fighting bulls are also bred in the neighborhood[2] and a running of the bulls is held annually.
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vejér de la Frontera". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974.
