Motril
town and municipality in Granada, Spain
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Summary
Motril is a municipality of Spain[1]. Motril ranks in the top 2% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,720 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Province of Granada[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
- Head of government: Luisa María García Chamorro[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Shares border with: Salobreña[8], Vélez de Benaudalla[9], Lújar[10], Gualchos[11], Torrenueva Costa[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Melilla[13], Villa General San Martín[14], Marple[15], Agounit[16], Smolyan[17]
- Postal code: 18600[18]
- Part of: Q100593659[19], Costa Tropical de Granada[20], Granadin Coast[21]
- Commons category: Motril[22]
- Licence plate code: GR[23]
- Patron saint: Anthony the Great[24]
- Official website: http://www.motril.es/[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Motril[26]
- Population: 61,194[27], 61,171[28], 60,887[29], 60,884[30], 60,279[31], 59,163[32], 58,501[33], 57,895[34], 56,605[35], 55,078[36], 53,597[37], 51,928[38], 50,812[39], 60,870[40]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Motril[41]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[46]
- Official name: Motril[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Motril[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Motril[49]
- Female population: 29,498[50]
- Male population: 28,522[51]
Why It Matters
Motril has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Motril is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]