Nerja

municipality and town in Andalusia, Spain
Place municipality_of_spain Q13149
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Summary

Nerja is a municipality of Spain[1]. Nerja ranks in the top 1% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,963 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Málaga Province[3]
  • Country: Spain[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
  • Head of government: José Alberto Armijo Navas[6]
  • Continent: Europe[7]
  • Capital: Nerja[8]
  • Shares border with: Cómpeta[9], Torrox[10], Frigiliana[11], Otívar[12], Almuñécar[13]
  • Twinned administrative body: San Juan[14], Pescia[15], Oullins[16]
  • Postal code: 29780[17]
  • Part of: Q100593706[18], Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol-Axarquía[19], Axarquía[20]
  • Commons category: Nerja[21]
  • Licence plate code: MA[22]
  • Official website: https://esnerja.com[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Nerja[24]
  • Commons gallery: Nerja[25]
  • Population: 22,918[26], 22,617[27], 22,294[28], 21,957[29], 21,811[30], 21,621[31], 20,796[32], 20,361[33], 19,496[34], 18,509[35], 17,186[36], 16,464[37], 20,649[38], 21,185[39]
  • Office held by head of government: mayor of Nerja[40]
  • Official name: Nerja[41]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Nerja[42]
  • Female population: 10,681[43], 10,921[44]
  • Male population: 10,410[45], 10,529[46]
  • Elevation above sea level: 26 m[47]
  • Area: 85 km²[48]

Why It Matters

Nerja has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] Nerja is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Nomenclátor Geográfico de Municipios y Entidades de Población (20240402 edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . andalucia.notariado.org. Retrieved . andalucia.notariado.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Register of Local Entities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía. juntadeandalucia.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . esnerja.com. esnerja.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2013. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2012. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2011. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2010. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2009. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2008. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2007. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2006. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2005. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2004. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2002. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2001. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2014. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Municipal Register of Spain 2015. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . List of Municipalities and their Codes by Provinces as of January 1, 2019. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . ine.es. ine.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · MarinaFernandes-Frantiq · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · David Ll L · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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