Muro, Majorca

Muro is one of the 53 autonomous communities of the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca. The eponymous main town is the administrative center of the municipality in the region ( comarca ) of Pla de Mallorca.

The municipality of Muro has 6977 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013 ) on an area of ​​58.55 km ². This corresponds to 119.2 inhabitants per km ². In 2006, the proportion of foreigners was 14.2 % ( 956), the proportion of German population 2.0% (132). The official languages ​​are Catalan and Spanish ( Castilian). The spoken on the island Catalan dialect is called Mallorquí.

The main town of Muro is located ten kilometers inland west of the bay of Alcúdia ( Badia d' Alcúdia). A second population center is located in the tourist resort of Platja de Muro, which stretches as a continuation of Port d' Alcúdia Alcúdia Bay, south-east towards Can Picafort. A large proportion of reported as a nature reserve freshwater swamp s'Albufera lies in the municipality of Muro.

  • 2.1 churches
  • 2.2 Museums
  • 2.3 Natural Monuments and Parks
  • 2.4 beaches of the municipality
  • 2.5 Fixed

Geography

Community structure

The municipality of Muro consists of two places:

  • Muro (6167/6565 inhabitants)
  • Platja de Muro ( 493/493 inhabitants)

The population figures in brackets are from 1 January 2008. The first number indicates the inhabitants of the places, the second number, including the addition to computing " scattered " population living outside the actual settlements. (Source: INE )

Culture and sights

Churches

  • Sant Joan - Parish Church separated from the 16th century with the Hauptkirchenbau standing square bell tower

Museums

  • Museu Etnològic - The Museu de Mallorca connected to the ethnographic museum in the Carrer Major 15 shows traditional furniture, a jewelery workshop and a waterwheel ( Sinia ) in the garden. The house of the Museum Can Simó is from the 17th century.

Natural monuments and nature parks

  • Parc natural de s'Albufera de Mallorca - Nature Reserve ( Natural Park ) to the north-eastern boundary of the municipality to Alcúdia is a dry defined freshwater swamp, which is traversed by the torrents Torrent de Sant Miquel and Torrent de Muro as well as many small channels. It offers many bird species, including migratory birds, a breeding place. In s'Oberta at the Badia d' Alcúdia is an outflow into the sea, over which the bridge Pont dels Anglesos the road MA -12 leads between Can Picafort and Port d' Alcúdia.

Beaches of the municipality

The following sections of the beach of Muro community on the Bay of Alcudia also be grouped under the name of Platja de Muro:

  • Ses Fotges
  • Platja des Braç
  • It Comú de Muro
  • Casetas the Capellan ( Platja Blava )

Festivals

  • Sant Joan Baptista, patron saint festival, June 24
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