Campo de Gibraltar

Comarca in Andalusia, Spain

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto(s):

Pro Geographia, Historia et Voluntate Conivncti
(Latin for 'United by geography, history, and will')

Country

SpainAutonomous community

AndalusiaProvince

Province of CádizMunicipalities

List

Algeciras, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Tarifa

Area

• Total1,527.5 km² (589.8 sq mi)Population

(2023)^{[note 1]}

• Total276,335 • Density180/km² (470/sq mi)DemonymCampogibraltareñosTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Largest municipality Algeciras

Campo de Gibraltar (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkampo ðe xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a comarca (county) in the province of Cádiz, Spain, in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia, the southernmost part of mainland Europe. It comprises the municipalities of Algeciras, La Línea de la Concepción, San Roque, Los Barrios, Castellar de la Frontera, Jimena de la Frontera, San Martín del Tesorillo and Tarifa.

Its name comes from the municipal territory of the town of Gibraltar, now a British Overseas Territory. Until 1704, the Campo de Gibraltar was simply the territory for the municipality of Gibraltar, about 500 km² corresponding approximately to the current municipalities of Algeciras, San Roque, Los Barrios and La Línea de la Concepción. Following the capture of Gibraltar during the War of the Spanish Succession the former inhabitants settled nearby creating Algeciras, San Roque, and Los Barrios. In 1759, each of them was established as a different municipality.^[1]

Municipalities

The Campo de Gibraltar comarca is composed of the following eight municipalities:

Municipality	Location	Area (km²)	Population (2023)^{[note 2]}^[2]	Density(/km2)
Algeciras	Bay of Gibraltar	85.8	123,639	1,441
Los Barrios	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park Bay of Gibraltar	331.3	24,219	73.1
Castellar de la Frontera	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park	178.8	3,020	16.9
Jimena de la Frontera	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park	297.1	6,675	22.4
La Línea de la Concepción	Bay of Gibraltar Mediterranean coast	19.3	63,773	3,304
San Martín del Tesorillo	Interior Los Alcornocales Natural Park	48.6	2,742	56.4
San Roque	Interior - Bay of Gibraltar Mediterranean coast	146.9	33,646	229
Tarifa	Atlantic coast Los Alcornocales Natural Park	419.7	18,621	44.3
Total		1,527.5	276,335	180.9

Gallery

Port of Algeciras.
La Línea de la Concepción vistas from the Rock of Gibraltar.
Castellar de la Frontera castle.
Jimena de la Frontera view from its castle.
Ruins of the ancient roman town Baelo Claudia.
View of the Strait of Gibraltar, Africa can be seen in the distance.

Notes

^ Estimate at 1 January 2023: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.
^ Estimate at 1 January 2023: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid.

References

^ Álvarez Vázquez, Manuel (April 2004). "La pérdida de Gibraltar y el nacimiento de la nueva población de Los Barrios" (PDF). Almoraima. Revista de Estudios Campogibraltareños (34): 51–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2009.
^ "Cádiz: Population by municipality and sex. (2864)". INE. Retrieved 17 September 2024.