Vejer de la Frontera

Vejer de la Frontera
Town and municipality
Calle Judería
Iglesia del Divino Salvador
Panorámica de la playa de El Palmar
Torre del Mayorazgo
Calle de Vejer
Flag of Vejer de la Frontera
Coat of arms of Vejer de la Frontera
Nickname: 
The Olives' Town
Location of Vejer de la Frontera
Location of Vejer de la Frontera
Coordinates: 36°15′N 5°58′W / 36.250°N 5.967°W / 36.250; -5.967
MunicipalityCádiz
Government
 • MayorJosé Ortíz Galván
Area
 • Total58 km2 (22 sq mi)
 • Land58 km2 (22 sq mi)
 • Water0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total12,739
 • Density220/km2 (570/sq mi)
DemonymVejeriegos/ Vejeriegas
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
11150
Official language(s)Spanish
Websitewww.vejerdelafrontera.es
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaHistoric ensemble
Designated7 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.

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vejér de la Frontera". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974.