Marratxí
Encyclopedia
Marratxí is a municipality
in the Raiguer
region of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands
of Spain
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Population: 28,237
Area: 54 km² (2005). It is also a station on the Majorca rail network
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The principal towns are Pont d'Inca (16,518), Pla de na Tesa (3,304), Pòrtol (2,640) and sa Cabaneta (5,748) - where the district council buildings are located. The population has increased rapidly since the mid 1990s due to the proliferation of new urbanizations around these villages. These developments have good road, and to a lesser extent rail, links to Palma
. The first civil airfield on Majorca was Aeródromo de Son Bonet, which is located between Pont d’Inca and Pla de Na Tesa. The local economy is dominated by agriculture; however, significant employment is provided by traditional pottery manufacture and the large shopping complex at Pont d’Inca.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Raiguer
Raiguer
Raiguer is a comarca located in the north-central part of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands of Spain. It runs parallel to the Serra de Tramuntana district from the town of Marratxí to the town of Sa Pobla...
region of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
of Spain
Spain
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Population: 28,237
Area: 54 km² (2005). It is also a station on the Majorca rail network
Majorca rail network
The Majorca rail network on the Spanish Island of Majorca has three lines to four destinations from the Estació Intermodal/Plaça d'Espanya station in Palma.- TIB :...
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The principal towns are Pont d'Inca (16,518), Pla de na Tesa (3,304), Pòrtol (2,640) and sa Cabaneta (5,748) - where the district council buildings are located. The population has increased rapidly since the mid 1990s due to the proliferation of new urbanizations around these villages. These developments have good road, and to a lesser extent rail, links to Palma
Palma de Mallorca
Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...
. The first civil airfield on Majorca was Aeródromo de Son Bonet, which is located between Pont d’Inca and Pla de Na Tesa. The local economy is dominated by agriculture; however, significant employment is provided by traditional pottery manufacture and the large shopping complex at Pont d’Inca.