Roquetas de Mar

Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar
	Municipality
	The Old Lighthouse
	Flag Seal
	Roquetas de Mar Location of Roquetas de Mar Roquetas de Mar Roquetas de Mar (Andalusia) Roquetas de Mar Roquetas de Mar (Spain)
	Coordinates: 36°45′51″N 2°36′53″W
Country	Spain
Region	Andalusia
Province	Almería
Comarca	Poniente Almeriense
Municipality	Roquetas de Mar
Government
• Mayor	Gabriel Amat Ayllón (PPA)
Area
• Total	60 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population (2018)[1]
• Total	94,925
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	aytoroquetas.org

Roquetas de Mar (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈketas de maɾ]) is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalucía, Spain.[2] In 2016, the population was 91,965, the municipality with the second highest population in the province behind the capital, the 14th in Andalucía and the 69th in Spain.

Tourism

The 'urbanización' (tourist area with hotels and restaurants and shops) of Roquetas is predominantly a Spanish holiday resort for the majority of the summer months, but it also receives many visitors from the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany. It is one of the two major resorts in Costa de Almería, the other being Mojácar.

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1999	42,333	—
2000	44,370	+4.8%
2001	47,570	+7.2%
2002	50,954	+7.1%
2003	53,815	+5.6%
2004	58,519	+8.7%
2005	65,886	+12.6%
2006	71,740	+8.9%
2007	71,279	−0.6%
2008	77,423	+8.6%
2009	82,665	+6.8%
2010	85,808	+3.8%
2011	89,851	+4.7%
2012	90,358	+0.6%
2013	87,868	−2.8%
2014	91,682	+4.3%
2015	90,623	−1.2%
2016	91,965	+1.5%
2017	93,363	+1.5%
2018	94,925	+1.7%
Source: INE (Spain)

Roquetas de Mar is the second most populous municipality in the province of Almería behind its capital. The 2018 padron data counted 94,956 inhabitants, 49,038 of which were men and 45,887 of which were women.[3] The population density is 1600/km².

Transport

Roquetas is served by the Autovía A-7 on its outskirts and is linked to the town itself by the A-1051. It is the second-largest town in Spain without a rail link behind Marbella; in 2020 a proposal was submitted to build a railway from Almería to Adra via Roquetas and El Ejido.[4]

Gallery

A street in Roquetas de Mar

Nocturnal beach at Roquetas de Mar

Castillo de Santa Ana, a fortification in Roquetas de Mar.

References

Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
McFee, James (31 July 2017). City Maps Roquetas de Mar Spain. Soffer Publishing. p. 24.
www.ine.es (in Spanish) http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2857). Retrieved 2019-01-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)
"La Mesa del Ferrocarril insiste con el corredor ferroviario del Poniente". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

External links

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[1] Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.

[2] McFee, James (31 July 2017). City Maps Roquetas de Mar Spain. Soffer Publishing. p. 24.

[3] www.ine.es (in Spanish) http://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2857). Retrieved 2019-01-26. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "La Mesa del Ferrocarril insiste con el corredor ferroviario del Poniente". Diario de Almería (in Spanish). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.