Jerez de la Frontera
municipality and city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain
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Summary
Jerez de la Frontera is a municipality of Spain[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of municipality of spain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,752 views/month, #32 of 5,605).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cádiz Province[3]
- Country: Spain[4]
- Head of government: María José García-Pelayo Jurado[5]
- Continent: Europe[6]
- Capital: Jerez de la Frontera[7]
- Shares border with: Algar[8], El Puerto de Santa María[9], Sanlúcar de Barrameda[10], Trebujena[11], Arcos de la Frontera[12], San José del Valle[13], Ubrique[14], Alcalá de los Gazules[15], Paterna de Rivera[16], Medina Sidonia[17], Puerto Real[18], Lebrija[19], El Cuervo de Sevilla[20], Cortes de la Frontera[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria[22], Pisco[23], Córdoba[24], Seville[25], Foz do Iguaçu[26], Moquegua[27], El Paso[28], Castro Urdiales[29], Arles[30], Biarritz[31], Puerto Iguazú[32], Pardubice[33]
- Postal code: 11401–11579[34]
- Part of: Mancomunidad de Municipios Bahía de Cádiz[35], Campiña de Jerez[36]
- Commons category: Jerez de la Frontera[37]
- Licence plate code: CA[38]
- Patron saint: Dionysius the Areopagite[39], Virgin of Mercy[40], Our Lady of Consolation[41]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[42], UTC+02:00[43]
- Local dialing code: 956[44]
- Significant event: Siege of Jerez[45]
- Official website: https://www.jerez.es/[46]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jerez de la Frontera[47]
- Commons gallery: Jerez de la Frontera[48]
- Population: 211,670[49], 211,900[50], 210,861[51], 208,896[52], 207,532[53], 205,364[54], 202,687[55], 199,544[56], 196,275[57], 192,648[58], 191,002[59], 187,087[60], 185,091[61], 212,226[62]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Jerez de la Frontera include sherry[63], a wine-producing region[64], in Spain[65], founded in 1933[66] and Brandy de Jerez[67], in Spain[68].
Why It Matters
Jerez de la Frontera has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[69] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]
Entities named for it include sherry[63], a wine-producing region[64], in Spain[65], founded in 1933[66] and Brandy de Jerez[67], in Spain[68].